REPORTED LOCATIONS OF RAILWAY POST OFFICE CARS

Updated October 311, 2006

 

“Display” indicates where the interior of the car can be viewed with either a partial or complete interior.

 

 

MUSEUM NAME

 

CITY

 

STATE

 

RPO INITIAL, NO. AND LENGTH

 

DISPLAY

WEBPAGE

Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

Calera

AL

 

SOU --, --' RPO, lightweight (doesn’t show up in current equipment roster)

B&O 74, 60’ RPO (Birmingham, near the L&N passenger station)

 

Unknown

 

No

 

http://www.hodrrm.org/

North Alabama Railroad Museum

Chase

AL

 

SOU 3585, 30' RPO

 

Yes

 

Travel Town Museum

Griffith Park, Los Angles

CA

 

ATSF M-177, 15’ RPO

 

No

 

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

La Mesa

CA

 

ATSF 74, 60’ RPO

 

Yes

 

www.psrm.org

Pacific Locomotive Association

Merced

CA

Yosemite Valley 107, 40’ RPO

No

 

Cannery Row

Monterey

CA

 

SP ----, 30' RPO

 

No

 

Golden Gate Railroad Museum

Niles Canyon

CA

 

SP 5131, 30’ RPO; UP 5901, 60’ RPO:

SP 5045, 30’ RPO

 

No

No

No

 

http://www.ggrm.org/

Orange Empire Railway Museum

Perris

CA

 

ATSF 60, 60' RPO;

UP 1267, 60' RPO; PE  1406

 

Yes

No

No

 

California State Railway Museum

Sacramento

CA

 

GN 42, 60' RPO

 

Yes

 

Napa Valley Railroad

Yountville

CA

 

SP ----, 30’ RPO (formerly on display at Monterey, CA?}

 

No

 

http://www.winetrain.com/yountville_station.html

Colorado Railroad Museum

Golden

CO

 

C&S 254, 60' RPO

RGS 150, 30' RPO

RGS "Galloping Goose"

 

Yes

No

No

 

Durango & Silverton Railroad

 

Hermosa

CO

D&RG Narrow Gauge 30’ car body next to water tank

 

No

 

http://www.durangotrain.com/about/history.htm

Danbury Railroad Museum

Danbury

CT

 

Reportedly has a PRR RPO, but web page only cites a PRR 60-feet baggage car last used in wire train service.

 

No

 

www.danbury.org/drm

Valley Railroad Museum

Essex

CT

 

NH --, 60' RPO

 

No

 

Railroad Museum of New England

Thomaston

CT

 

NH 2789, 30’ RPO; NH 3281, --‘ RPO; MEC 352, --‘ RPO

 

No

No

No

 

http://www.rmne.org/

Thronateeska Heritage Center

Albany

GA

 

ACL 13, 60’ RPO

 

No

 

Southeastern Transportation Museum

Duluth

GA

 

SOU 1701, 60' RPO; SOU 153, 30’ RPO

 

No

No

 

Restaurant at the former SOU Railway station

Vinings

GA

 

WRyofA/A&WP --, 60' RPO

 

No

 

Museum of Science and Industry

Chicago

IL

 

CB&Q 9900, 30' RPO (Pioneer Zephyr)

 

No

 

Galesburg Railroad Museum

Galesburg

IL

 

CB&Q 1145, 30' RPO

 

Yes

 

Monticello Railway Museum

Monticello

IL

 

NKP 356, 15’ RPO; C&A 880, 30’ RPO; IC 404, 30’ RPO

 

No

No

No

 

Fox River Trolley Museum

South Elgin

IL

 

Chicago streetcar RPO 6

 

No

 

http://www.foxtrolley.org/map.htm

Illinois Railway Museum

Union

IL

 

CB&Q 1923, 30' RPO

 

Under development

 

Whitewater Valley Railroad

Connersville

IN

 

B&O ---, --‘ RPO

 

No

 

National New York Central Museum

Elkhart

IN

 

EL -----, 30' RPO

 

No

 

http://www.nycrrmuseum.org/

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society

Fort Wayne

IN

 

NKP 831, 15' RPO

 

No

 

 

Indiana Railroad Museum

French Lick

IN

 

NYC ?, 60' RPO (former 20th Century Ltd car)

 

No

 

http://www.indianarailwaymuseum.org/

Indiana Railroad Museum

French Lick

IN

 

NYC ?, 60' RPO (former 20th Century Ltd car)

 

No

 

http://www.indianarailwaymuseum.org/

RailsWest Railroad Museum - Historical Society of Pottawattamie County

Council Bluffs

IA

 

UP 5908, 60’ RPO

 

Yes

 

 

Atchison

Atchison