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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:22:48 -0500 (EST)
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Express,mail,newspapers and baggage were handled by a few  specific 
suburban trains each day. Certain stations,Berwyn for example, had stub  
sidings to 
set out cars of express.
At most stations it was simply handled at the  platform. The dinkies with 
these duties were specified on the trainmasters  notices at bid time.The 
notice would specify how many baggage cars the  job would handle on which run 
and which were set out at what stations and how  many were "working" cars. I 
was suprised how many jobs and how many  cars were involved even into the 50s 
and 60s. Back in the day certain dinkies  hauled a lot of mail. Recently 
re-read one of the  files wherein brakemen  were unloading in excess of 72 
sacks of mail at Aurora off a westbound dinky  !  Not just one day but everday 
for months.
At Downers Grove Pepperidge Farm loaded bread in baggage cars  on the track 
that was behind the depot. An eastbound dinky would back onto it  and take 
it to CUS and then 14th st.
Aurora had the express house trk.and also baggage and company  mail handled 
on the platforms.
Then there were the cars from Kable in Oregon that were  shuttled by the 
Oregon Turn wayfrt and the dinkies after the thru trains  were taken off that 
had done the work.
The wheel car has been extensively discussed. One thing that  hasn't been 
covered was the shuttling of passenger cars to and from Aurora shops  for 
repairs by the dinkies.
 
By the 70s there was only one midday job that dropped off only  company 
mail westbound at each station and picked up eastbound. Bill Lyons was  the 
brakeman on that run for years. He'd leave his uniform coat in the closed  half 
car,put on his frt hat and meet each agent at each stop.
That reminds me of the brakeman trying to do both  milk and passenger work 
on #42. But that's a future article. Then  again maybe one on little know 
dinky facts someday 
 
 
Leo Phillipp 

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