Re: MILW branchline combine
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýDan,? Yes The car was close to the
Swiss Army knife:? a caboose, Railway Express area, some had PRO
functions or simply bagged mail, plus several coach seats.? Early
versions had plain slab sides with arched windows with the latter
versions being ribbed (like the boxcar and many passenger cars).?
Those later versions had rectangular windows as shown., I
understand all were built in the roads shops as were the boxcars
along with the fleet of Hiawatha train sets. ?? I don't know if it
had two coal stoves or just one, it also had just a basic
'outhouse' for those needs.? One that ran through my hometown,
derailed a few miles out on the prairie along with some tank
cars.? It derailed and tilted rather severely.? The express guy
received a broken leg when stacked cream cans crashed to the
floor.? My aunt. a PO clerk, complained that all the mail was
soaked in old sour cream--a smell you have to get used to.
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? One car had a second life on the
Reader RR in Arkansas, and I think it went on to another life
beyond that.? Maybe Gale Hall might know something about it?
Bob Werre
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Bob Werre