Railway Post Office Cars

A friend asked if I have any photographs of RPOs. As a matter of fact I do. Quite a few of them were still roaming the rails into the 1980s in MOW service, plus I managed to find a few in museum and private collections.

(click on each image to see a larger version -- approx 1024X768)


FW&D #X325 - Wichita Falls, TX, April, 1977
FW&D #X323 - Childress, TX, April, 1978
MP #385 - San Angelo, TX, September, 1978
IC #100 - San Angelo, TX, September, 1978
(former Burlington) FW&D #X326 - Wichita Falls, TX, April, 1979
(former Burlington) BN #968022 - Kansas City, May 1979
(former Burlington) BN #968088 - Kansas City, May 1979
KCS #30 - Kansas City, May 1979
Railway Express Agency #6 - Kansas City, May, 1979
Rock Island #98180 - near El Reno, OK, 1980
GT #?? - Illinois RR Museum, August, 1980

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Mack Muir