The Railway Mail Service went a step further in service than passenger trains, providing mail delivery and pick-up to small towns where trains did not even stop ...

The Railway Mail Service of the United States Post Office Department was a significant mail transportation service in the US from the mid-19th century until ...

The Railway Mail Service (RMS) was one of the most significant changes in the postal system to arise during the Civil War. The original experiments for the ...

An Act of July 7, 1838, designated all United States railroads as post routes, and railroad mail service increased rapidly. In June 1840, two mail agents ...

Established in 1869, the Railway Mail Service provided for the movement of mail by train. Highly trained RMS postal clerks staffed the Railway Post Office (RPO) ...

Mar 27, 2022 · Dr. Frank Scheer gives a talk about the USA Railway Post Office System, which was the way ...
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From 1867 onward, the Post Office Department introduced railway postal service on main trunk lines and more important roads whenever it could be done without ...