Re: [CBQ] Q express box cars

["Gordon Smith" <kc2bw@optonline.net>]

The listings only give the owning railroad. RRs listed are CB&Q  NYC
UP. Storage mail, storage mail express, express car, express box car,
and REX reefers. No numbers. They show cars going from New York and
Chicago to points west as far as Oakland, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City
and everything in between.

Gordon

Nelson Moyer wrote:
> Does the listing indicate if the storage mail boxcars were converted troop kitchens 
> or XM-33? Another possibility is a foreign road. PRR. SP. UP, B&O, NYC, etc. 
> frequently sent express boxcars to destinations West of Denver. Some was 
> interchanged in Omaha (UP and SP for example) and some in Denver. Listing 'storage 
> mail boxcars' doesn't provide enough information.
>
> Nelson Moyer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:03 PM
> To: CBQ@groups.io
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q express box cars
>
> Burlington Route Passenger Trains Volume 3 by Strauss has listings of three mail trains 
> with "storage mail boxcars" in December '64
>
> Gordon Smith
>
>
>
> Nelson Moyer wrote:
> > Maybe, but most would be in freight paint by then. The best way to
> > find out is to check some 60s ORERs. With only 50 in express service
> > in 1953, there probably wouldn’t be very many still in express service
> > by the 60s. My cutoff is 1953, so I don’t have resources past that date.
> >
> > Nelson Moyer
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