Passenger trains operational questions

[NW Mailing List]

Even the bits of N&W video on Youtube show foreign road head end 
equipment on passenger trains.

WJPowers


On 4/11/2017 3:05 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> I have seen Southern head end cars in Bluefield on a regular basis. I 
> assume they had come from Washington on the Southern. It stands to 
> reason that N&W cars were in the pool, and thus went off line. There 
> are photos of N&W head end cars in Atlanta.  PRR box express and 
> express reefers were common on the Lynchburg to Bristol joint Southern 
> trains. I think I remember seeing REA express cars, and I think even 
> ACL express reefers on N&W trains, but I don't think it was a common 
> occurrence.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 10:40 AM, NW Mailing List 
> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Did head end equipment like RPO cars or mail storage or baggage cars 
> ever leave home rails?
>
> What about on jointly operated trains like the Pelican or Birmingham 
> Special?
>
> Did REA express cars travel frequently in N&W trains?  What about REA 
> express refrigerator cars? Would there ever be situations where 
> foreign road express equipment might appear in an N&W passenger train 
> (like an ACL express reefer)?
>
> Thanks,
> Brent
>
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