Re: [CBQ] Less Than Car Load

["jpslhedgpeth via groups.io" <jpslhedgpeth=aol.com@groups.io>]

Leo's got it right.   Those side door waycars were not built and put on branch line trains just to make theml "look pretty"..They were "multi use' vehicles.   Even through my relatively late trainman experiences lots of those branch line locals were "mixed trains" and carried  not many passengers, but some of the "acccoutraments" of passenger trains ie  in come rare cases  U S Mail, and Railway Express.  On the last branch line local Il worked in 1958 we always had cream cans and express.  The rear brakeman got paid an extra $40.00 per month for handling the express.   Sometimes rather than "take up" an entire boxcar for LCL a few smaller packages were carried in that side door WC.   There were also some extra seats in that open space for the occasional passenger.   

Pete

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From: Leo Phillipp via groups.io <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 8:06 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Less Than Car Load

On a few examples REA express was also handled from the waycar after passenger trains were removed on certain lines.

Leo Phillipp

On Feb 8, 2021, at 12:50 PM, Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@hotmail.com> wrote:



I’ll give you a short answer while waiting for the old heads to weigh in. Peddler waycars were used to deliver LCL traffic on branchlines that didn’t have a coach-baggage-RPO combine on mixed trains.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Henry Kraichely
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 12:14 PM
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: [CBQ] Less Than Car Load

 

I few years ago I saw a photo of a Burlington side door caboose with the door open and  a worker was unloading a couple of packages. Can anyone explain the use of a caboose for package delivery?

hank

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