Baggage cars 1930 and 1940s

[NP Eddie]

US mail was a large commodity on the Northern Pacific. A train brief from the "Mainstreeter" during the US mail time was for two RPO's out of St. Paul. One went to Jamestown, ND and was turned for the next day. Both RPO ends were together. A man I knew named Art was on the St. Paul to Jamestown route. It seems that he had several days off between runs.

 

Ed Burns