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CBQ way freights, "Irish Mail"??

Discussion relating to the BN, and its predecessors GN, NP, CB&Q, SP&S, SL-SF, and their subsidiaries. Visit the Friends of the Burlington Northern for more information.

CBQ way freights, "Irish Mail"??

  by HDP
 
Does anyone know why the CB&Q way freights that ran Eola Yard to West Chicago, IL (on the original Aurora Branch Line right of way through North Aurora and Batavia) were called the "Irish Mail"?
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