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 (doesnt 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 |