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| + | [[File:Twaddle1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Railway Postal Car making the last mail delivery by train at [[Coldbrook]], photographed by [[:Category:James Twaddle Photo|James Twaddle]], Aug. 14, 1956, with mail clerk kicking the outgoing bag as the incoming bag is snatched from the catchpost.]] | ||
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This category includes all Railway Post Office (RPO) cars built to carry and sort mails on the Dominion Atlantic, both DAR and CP cars. It includes full RPO cars as well as cars that combined mail with express or baggage. | This category includes all Railway Post Office (RPO) cars built to carry and sort mails on the Dominion Atlantic, both DAR and CP cars. It includes full RPO cars as well as cars that combined mail with express or baggage. | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | [http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/Various/railway_mail.htm Canadian Railway Post Office Cars web page, including a remarkable 1956 photo of the Coldbrook, NS mail crane in operation, "Railway Mail Service", ''Old Time Trains''] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 25 February 2023
Railway Postal Car making the last mail delivery by train at Coldbrook, photographed by James Twaddle, Aug. 14, 1956, with mail clerk kicking the outgoing bag as the incoming bag is snatched from the catchpost.
This category includes all Railway Post Office (RPO) cars built to carry and sort mails on the Dominion Atlantic, both DAR and CP cars. It includes full RPO cars as well as cars that combined mail with express or baggage.
