Shawn BE-50-24's were express cars. B-50-24's were Overnight box cars. Some BE-50-24's remained in that role into the late 1960's, long after the end of Overnight service. Tim O.

Is that ad hominem personal comment, Garth :-) ? Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento

It did. Bill Schneider

<snip> Anyone else remember when you used to be able to send Christmas cards for a lower rate if the envelope wasn't sealed? Dennis Storzek Yes, and delivery three times a day the two weeks

Scott, Not all the hand signals were in books, There were many peculiar to railroads and specific localities. The one the Erie guys used in Lima, Ohio, to indicate "The cut is clear of Hoover St. and

<snip> Anyone else remember when you used to be able to send Christmas cards for a lower rate if the envelope wasn't sealed? Dennis Storzek Yes, and delivery three times a day the two weeks

I can't say that I ever tried to learn the lantern and hand signals I've seen in books, but I'm sure I don't remember "The Strike Is On!" being one of them! Scott Pitzer

Mike Brock wrote: I don't have a roster in front of me, but I think the 5700 series were B-50-24's that were built for express and "Overnight" service. Thus they would have had steam and signal hoses

Tony Thompson writes: Not only that. The late Terry Metcalfe's UP Modeler, Vol 1, shows photos of the consist of the UP Fast Mail in 1957 in Nebraska. Included is SP 5713 box car fitted with steam

Andy in Boston asked: We'll have to see about December, but today it's headed for the high 80's and the Santa Ana's have kicked in. We're running around in shorts and T-shirts getting all the

Andy, Californians used to ski, but that was before all the hot air from Sacramento raised the temperature. ;-) Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Miller, Andrew S. wrote:

You mean it gets cold in CA in December? All the propaganda about CA weather, on which I was brought up is not true?! Next thing I know you'll tell me people ski in California!

--- In STMFC@..., "Beckert, Shawn" <shawn.beckert@d...> wrote: One of the latest images posted on the Los Angeles Public > Library web site shows ordinary boxcars being loaded with >

Andy Miller. wrote: Not quite as much in December, Andy. <g> Sort of true. Westbound loaded cars were about 20 per cent of the total, year in and year out; and remember, PFE got paid

Matthew, 110 cars received 3-52, 18100-18209. Ed Hawkins

Loading a reefer with mail was not unusual. Loading it in LA was. That's fruit and vegetable country and reefers had better uses. I have been told it was very common for reefers on the east coast to

I remember working in to PO during Christmas break when I was home from college. There were many unsealed Xmas cards and they frequently jammed in the canceling machine. The machine had counter

Andy Sperandeo wrote: Lest this be thought a WW II phenomenon, there is a photo of a PFE reefer being loaded with mail at LA in the 2nd edition of the PFE book, page 424. It's a Morris Abowitz

with Christmas mail at Los Angeles in 1945. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057025.jpg Here - http://users.snowcrest.net/photobob/sfr34.jpg - is the Santa Fe doing the same thing with freight reefers

I'm not sure how "plain" the plain boxcars are. Note the baggage car in line. If I'm not mistaken, this is one of the UP boxcars fitted for express service. If you look past the ERIE car, the next