<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Great question and Ray Smoot’s response raises important questions for those of us who model the steam-only era on the N&W. <div><br></div><div>‘60s is too late for us. Can anyone provide guidance about use of Baggage/Express head-end cars on N&W passenger consists before the late ‘50s end of the steam era? </div><div><br><div>Bill D</div><div>N&W Steam Only<div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 4, 2025, at 8:34 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div>The time this occurred may have varied depending upon where on the route of the Arrow one observed the train.</div>
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<div>I know that in Lynchburg a combine car began to regularly appear as the first car in the consist in the late 1950s. I don’t recall a full baggage/mail/express car in the consist there until the mid 1960s. </div>
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<p>Does anyone know when the Arrow started adding baggage and/or post office cars to the consists of the original 5 car trains? Walter Davis in Youngsville, NC<br>
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