Banana messenger

Banana messenger

Banana messengers or fruit messengers were agents sent on U.S. railroads to accompany shipments of bananas and other fruit. They were accorded special ticket rates, similar to those for railway employees and clergy, as late as the 1960s. The tickets were not honored on some premium quality trains. Reportedly, the reduced rate applied to the return trip (sans bananas) as well. The name was also used to refer to some cabooses. Described in IC 9650-9956, these were steel underframe Drovers cabooses built between 1897 and 1913 and reclassified as Banana Messengers sometime between 1955 and 1963. The last five were scrapped or sold between 1963 and 1971.

References

* [http://www.icrr.net/ic_caboose.htm Banana Messenger cabooses]
* [http://www.texassantafehistory.com/operate.sfe.doc Texas railway safety reports as of 1935]
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/washin87.htm Smithsonian oral history which mentions banana and fruit messengers]


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