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.

External Links

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