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Louisville & Nashville #1100RPO
Railroad Mail Server grew quickly after the introduction of Railway Post Office (RPO) cars during the Civil War. Railroads entered into contracts with the Post Office to carry mail cars over a designated route. Postal clerks, experts in the geography of the country, traveled in crews aboard these cars to sort and pouch mail.
In 1914, the American Car and Foundry Company built the all-steel Railroad Post Office Car #1100 for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. |