guymonmd Wrote:
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> Is there a reason that the RPO was placed in
> between baggage cars instead of behind the
> locomotive or just in front of the coaches?
> At first I though it might be to separate the fast
> freight from the actual baggage, but with only 2
> coaches I can't imagine that they would need more
> than one baggage care for passenger baggage.
Perhaps the generator in the main baggage car is a factor in this layout? The extra baggage cars ahead of the RPO would not necessarily need electric power, but the standard cars from RPO to parlor car could be powered as usual.