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This
70’ heavyweight mail baggage car is painted Dark Pullman
Green with metalic gold
lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Heavyweight
Mail Baggage cars were
paired with fleets of 60’ RPO’s and express baggage
cars to provide profitable mail services
long after passenger business had tapered off. Mail could be
picked up in canvas bags and
sorted while the train was moving. Built in 1914 the CB&Q
saw many years of travelling
“Everywhere West” on the Burlington.
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