WASH & BRIS RPO TRAIN 41

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Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:22:15 -0500
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: WASH & BRIS RPO TRAIN 41

Re Consist N&W-Sou Train 41.

According to N&W Passenger Train Consists dated May 1,
1953, the consist of No. 41 included a Washington to
Birmingham storage mail car.  However, head-end
consists varied from day to day depending on the
volume of traffic. I suspect that the two head-end
cars behind  the express car are both storage mail
cars, but they are NOT the Greensboro-Cincinnati cars.

No. 41 picked up both a Charlotte-Cincinnati and a
Greensboro-Cincinnati storage mail from the Southern
at Lynchburg  (they moved from Greensboro and 
Charlotte respectively in a northbound Southern main
line train) and handled them to Roanoke.   From there
they moved west to Cincinnati in No. 15, but they did
NOT go via Bristol.

Louis Newton


January 5, 2007

Thanks, Louis.  I wish the consist book would have
specified that these storage mail cars were taken off
at Roanoke.  However, the Train 15 consist from
Roanoke to Williamson in 1954 confirms your statement
in note D:

CONSIST OF TRAIN NO. 15 - ROANOKE TO WILLIAMSON
Effective March 15, 1954
	
Storage Mail Car			(A)		Washington to Norton
Storage Mail Car (DH)			(B)		Norfolk to Cincinnati
Storage Mail Car		 	(C) (D)	Greensboro to Cincinnati
Storage Mail Car			(D) (E)	Greensboro to Cincinnati
Express Car				(F)		Richmond to Cincinnati
Express Car				(F) 		Norfolk to Chicago
Express Car						Roanoke to Cincinnati
Storage Mail Car			(G)		Lynchburg to Cincinnati
Storage Mail Car			(F)		Norfolk to Cincinnati
Postal Car						Norfolk to Cincinnati
Passenger & Baggage Car				Norfolk to Cincinnati
Coach			 				Norfolk to Cincinnati
Coach			 		(H)		Norfolk to Portsmouth
Dining Car						Roanoke to Williamson
Sleeper					(D)		New York to Williamson

ALL CARS OPERATE DAILY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
Notes: 		(A) Arrives Roanoke in Train 17 previous
night. Operates daily except Tuesday AM.
		(B) Arrives Roanoke Train 7 Friday only. Operates
from Roanoke Train 15 Saturday only.
		(C) Operates daily except Monday from Roanoke.
		(D) From Train 41 at Roanoke.
		(E) Operates daily, on Monday morning car is in
train just ahead of postal car.
		(F) Operates out of Roanoke daily except Monday.
		(G) Operates from Roanoke daily except Sunday and
Monday.
		(H) Operates from Norfolk Friday only.

ROANOKE TO BLUEFIELD

8 Cars - Mon
12 Cars - Sun Tues
13 Cars - Wed Thurs Fri
15 Cars - Sat


Thanks for catching this, Louis.  Do you have a copy
of a 1953 consist book?  If so, is it possible to
acquire a photocopy?

Happy new year,

Frank Scheer
f_scheer at yahoo.com