The four cylinder compound 2-10-0 freight train locomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" is pulling the 260 ton passenger train from Biasca to Erstfeld up the 2.6 % grade of the Gotthard south ramp and ... (more)

The steamtrain with C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" and six cars, including a skylight mail car, is passing the San Nicola church in Giornico, which dates from the 12th century and is the most i... (more)

A pallet of goods donated by Amtrak employees destined for West Virginia flood victims is loaded carefully onto the baggage car of the Cardinal.

Re 420 # 278 (Re 4/4 II # 11278) is pulling the postal train 50818 from Thun freight yard to Härkingen Post, between Wangen an der Aare and Niederbipp on the foot of the Jura mountain range line.... (more)

Light oil fired 2-10-0 steamlocomotive 52 # 8055 of the Dampflokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik (DLM) in Winterhur is shunting 3 former postal cars (now privately owned) in Winterthur Töss. The locom... (more)

With a Seaboard Coast Line local waiting its turn, the Aberdeen & Rockfish road train has turned on the wye in Fayetteville, and is Aberdeen-bound. The unique baggage/caboose is on display today i... (more)

Postal train

Steamtrain of SBB Historic over the Gotthard line, near Pfaffensprung on the north ramp in a grade of 2.6 %. Locomotives A 3/5 # 705 (SLM 1904) and "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 (SLM 1917) are... (more)

Short freight train with postal cars near Bassersdorf

A nice little display courtesy of the Minnesota Transportation Museum. BN 325 and Northern Pacific Railway Post Office/Combine Car No. 1102 where on display at St. Paul Union Depot for Train Days.

A postal train passes the recently cut grass fields at Steinen.

April 30th, 1971 marked the end of most private intercity rail service in the US. Although I was struggling to finish at Circle campus and was scheduled to work that evening I spent most of the d... (more)

Light oil fired 2-10-0 steamlocomotive 52 8055 of the DLM (Dampflok- und Maschinenfabrik) is pulling a line of 10 former postal cars, now belonging to Dampfzentrum Winterthur and loaded with steam... (more)

Light oil fired 2-10-0 steamlocomotive 52 8055 of the DLM (Dampflok- und Maschinenfabrik) is pulling a postal car from Schaffhausen to Winterthur Töss, near Andelfingen.

DLM 52 8055 is on the way from Schaffhausen to Winterthur with a single postal car.