Tks Leo. I knew Baggagemen (or Trainmen) were only needed for open cars but
wasn't sure who had priority for the commuter jobs. I can see where it would
definitely be a Trainman if a power car or vestibule was being used but
possibly a Baggageman if an 'extra' headend car for holiday pks & bulk mail,
baked goods, etc service. Didn't the Q & the Brotherhoods also have a habit of
letting brakemen who had a foot disability qualify for a Baggageman job to
reduce the time on their feet? As I recall you or another ex-train service
poster gave us the quiz question some yrs ago as to what happened to Brakemen
who could not qualify for Conductor.
Happy New Year! (and to answer an earlier question, there were special menus
for New Year's too!) The Twins had a whole slew of special menus over the yrs
as did the DZ & CZ to a lesser extent.
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
From: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:40:15 -0500
Subject: [CBQ] Commuter train w/baggage car
Gerald,
The bid postings from the 40s and 50s for suburban jobs showing one or more
baggage cars dont have a baggaman listed in the crew.These were closed
cars being s/o in route or taken to Aurora.
The Christmas time extra had working cars and were handling express and
parcels at each station stop . Let me find that file and I'll double check
whether it was the trainman or a baggageman in the cars. Of course a
baggageman was a trainman who had passed the exam for baggage service.
I do know for certain that when the newspapers were handled from power cars
and DD vestibules it was a trainman tossing them out. Bill Lyons was the
middle collector on the last job in the 70s that was still handling company
mail and he worked in the collector/trainman class at the same pay rate as
the other collector.
It may take some time to find that file so be patient with me on this
question.
Leo
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