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Classic Mail Trains
Back when trains used to carry mail...
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Photo ID: 290810

The Niagara was the epitome of powerful dual-purpose NYC steam, and could stand its ground on the ledger sheet with the invading internal combustion power. Nonetheless, 6014 was scrapped a year o... (more)

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Crestline, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 6014
Train ID: 473
Photo Date: May 29, 1954


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Jul 16, 2009

Views: 19,842
Comments: 9

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Photo ID: 281243

Southern Knoxville Division local mail train #4 from Knoxville arrives at its final destination(crossing State Street). The train has a single rider coach hidden by the two boxcars in the yard. ... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD F3(A)
Location: Bristol, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 4151
Train ID: SOU 4
Photo Date: August, 1952


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By: Charles Knox Freericks

Added: Apr 24, 2009

Views: 8,160
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Favorited: 28
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Photo ID: 251213

A PRR mail train rolls away from downtown Pittsburgh.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5792
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: 1966


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By: Jim Hinkhouse

Added: Sep 17, 2008

Views: 5,650
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Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 221049

Inbound into Kansas City, Chicago Great Western 154 tugs mostly mail down from Iowa.

Railroad: Chicago Great Western
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Locomotive #: CGW 154
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1956


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By: Jim Hinkhouse

Added: Jan 29, 2008

Views: 9,212
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Favorited: 27
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Photo ID: 181862

From a negative in my archive by an unknown photographer, NYC Hudson No 5217 gets a mail train rolling out of Marion, Ohio.

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-4
Location: Marion, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 5217
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November, 1952


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By: Rail Archive Stephenson

Added: Mar 31, 2007

Views: 14,047
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Photo ID: 181586

Trailing power on #13, a no name mail train to Pittsburgh is BP30#5816. Ahead, Horseshoe Curve and the climb over the mountain.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Baldwin BP30
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5816
Train ID: 13
Photo Date: September 10, 1951


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By: John Dziobko

Added: Mar 29, 2007

Views: 23,156
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Photo ID: 181585

I rode #13, a mail train, early morning out of Newark to Altoona, my usual method of getting there. On my first trip there, our power on the electrified segment was a 2-D-2 electric class R1, #49... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Baldwin BP60T
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5833
Train ID: 13
Photo Date: September 10, 1951


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By: John Dziobko

Added: Mar 29, 2007

Views: 29,298
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Photo ID: 178999

Old and new color schemes lead the Eastbound Fast Mail. ALCO leads EMD E 8 in a valley near Susquehanna, the location of the old Delaware Lackawanna and Western Shops.

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: ALCO PA 1
Location: Susquehanna (E instead of A), New York, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1964


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By: Donald Haskel

Added: Mar 11, 2007

Views: 11,436
Comments: 3

Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 175644

Boston mail and express train downgrade at Ashland.

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Ashland, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 4022
Train ID: NYC 148
Photo Date: October, 1966


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By: Donald Haskel

Added: Feb 16, 2007

Views: 7,131
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Favorited: 15
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Photo ID: 60303

A hot NYC mail train scoops water on the fly just over the Mohawk from Schenectady

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-4
Location: Scotia, New York, USA
Locomotive #: unknown
Train ID: unknown
Photo Date: 1948


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By: Ed Wittekind

Added: May 03, 2004

Views: 15,666
Comments: 1

Favorited: 39


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