Order of Cars

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I believe that there was a rule that the RPO was the first occupied car 
in a train. That would put any unattended car(s), like an express reefer 
or storage mail car between motive power & RPO.

     WJPowers


On 1/31/2018 4:12 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Yes, there were essentially a consist book, showing the type and how 
> many of types of cars and position in the train. The N&W was not that 
> large, because it was not many trains, and not nearly as much involved 
> in mail, packages and express, as say the Pennsy or Southern Pacific, 
> both roads consist books ran into over 100 pages, N&W was more like 
> 15-20.
>
> If a train was not listed in a consist sheet, it was always the plan 
> to run mail and express up front, baggage following, then coaches and 
> sleepers and/or diner or observation lounge on the rear. The reason 
> for sleepers or diners on the rear was simple, those cars often came 
> on or off in locations along the way, and it is far quicker and 
> simpler for the railroad to pull a car off, put another on.
>
> Best
> Ken
> On Jan 31, 2018, at 3:46 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
>
>> ​During the days that the J Class engines pulled passenger cars, was 
>> there any proper order for lining up the baggage car, mail car, 
>> passenger car, dining, etc?  Thanks,
>>
>> Jack
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