In mid-1965, it was still possible to catch an Alco PA nosing out of Kansas City Union Station with Santa Fe train 7, the Fast Mail Express for Los Angeles. On April 25, the 65 is just getting und... (more)

Seaboard local passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 awaits its' 4:15 pm departure on this bitterly cold February afternoon in 1965.

Seaboard Air Line E7(A) 3017 and E7(A) 3041 will handle local passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 departing Raleigh, NC this afternoon in September 1966. Engine 3017 was Seaboard's first E7(... (more)

Seaboard Air Line passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 has just departed Raleigh, NC passenger station in August, 1966.

Two PC GG-1 electrics rush a Flexi-Van mail train (with caboose) northbound just before sunset. Deans is about halfway between Princeton Junction and New Brunswick (Kodachrome X, significant cro... (more)

Seaboard Air Line passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 is approaching Harrington St. as it departs Raleigh in July 1966. E7A 3040 is fitted with aluminum sides (as was E7A 3041 which was simi... (more)

With E8 653 and a passenger Geep, Rock Island's mail Train 39 "Imperial" with one coach leaves Topeka, Ks. on a dreary Nov. 5, 1966. At Tucumcari, N.M., Rock Island will hand the train over to SP... (more)

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection, Don Morice photo: A Santa Fe passenger train flies through La Plata at speed on a bright morning.

Four Alco PA's rev up to yank S.P. Mail 21 west out of the fueling stop at Carlin, Nevada on April 23, 1964.

With three F units, SP hustles Mail Train 39 westward at Tully, Ariz. on Sept. 9, 1964 as a storm brews behind it. The train was received from the Rock Island at Tucumcari, N.M.

Seaboard Air Line passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 is working the passenger station at Raleigh, NC in February 1966. Two road grime covered E7's are in charge of the train today awaiting ... (more)

Seaboard Air Line SDP35 1109 provides the power for Hamlet, thence Atlanta bound passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 at Raleigh, NC in April 1967.

SP's Coastal mail Train 154 is "eastbound" (southbound) at Narlon en route L.A. on Oct. 19, 1964. A single rider coach is on the rear.

A typical midwestern scene -- Rock Island mail train No. 39 with a single coach on the rear leaves Herington, Kansas on May 31, 1965 to continue its run to Tucumcari, N.M. to be handed over to the... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line passenger, mail, & express train No. 4 slams through Bonsal, NC. The "Original" Norfolk Southern's Durham Branch crossed SCL at this remote community 24 miles south of Raleigh... (more)