by Statkowski
Section 2109.7 of the Railway Mail Service Rules & Regulations (1938) states:
I believe sealed cars can be placed ahead of the RPO car, but does anyone know of any specific rules or regulations addressing the actual location of the RPO car/apartment within a train?
Mail cars, whether of steel, steel underframe, or wooden construction, which have the letter cases in the end shall not be operated with the letter end next to the engine when it is practicable to turn the cars so as to run the storage end forward.This, I suppose, covers 60-foot RPO cars, but what about Apartment cars with 15-foot or 30-foot RPO sections? Baggage/RPO cars, for example? Working storage mail cars in front of or behind the RPO (as opposed to sealed storage mail cars)? Other express (REA) cars?
I believe sealed cars can be placed ahead of the RPO car, but does anyone know of any specific rules or regulations addressing the actual location of the RPO car/apartment within a train?
Ex-NYNH&H SS Opr