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Travelling Post Office
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A Travelling Post Office was a type of mail train used in Great Britain and Ireland where the post was sorted en route, used from 1830 to 1996.
TPO at the Colne Valley Railway. Visible to the right of the Royal Mail logo is the letter box, for first class post only.
TPO at the Colne Valley Railway. Visible to the right of the Royal Mail logo is the letter box, for first class post only.
TPO interior
TPO interior
Replica 1838 Grand Junction Railway travelling post office van (constructed in 1938) on display in the National Railway Museum.
Replica 1838 Grand Junction Railway travelling post office van (constructed in 1938) on display in the National Railway Museum.
A 1895 cover postmarked on the London & Holyhead TPO to be placed on board ship at Queenstown, in Cork, per the manuscript annotation
A 1895 cover postmarked on the London & Holyhead TPO to be placed on board ship at Queenstown, in Cork, per the manuscript annotation
Great Train Robbery (1963)
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The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London, on the West Coast Main Line, in the early hours of 8 August 1963. It took place at B
Travelling Post Office
…a negative reputation for unreliability due to services frequently experiencing delays, typically resulting in late arrivals. By 1963, the year of the Great Train Robbery, there were 49 mail trains in service, with between one and five TPOs being typically attached to passenger trains, while complete TPO trains were…
Mentmore Bridge (previously known as Bridego Bridge and then Train Robbers' bridge), scene of the robbery
Mentmore Bridge (previously known as Bridego Bridge and then Train Robbers' bridge), scene of the robbery
View towards 'Sears Crossing' where the robbers took control of the train
View towards 'Sears Crossing' where the robbers took control of the train
Men, right to left: Bruce Reynolds, John Daly, Terence Hogan, Michael Ball, and Charlie Wilson. Reynolds, Daly, and Wilson participated in the Great T
Men, right to left: Bruce Reynolds, John Daly, Terence Hogan, Michael Ball, and Charlie Wilson. Reynolds, Daly, and Wilson participated in the Great Train Robbery.
Memorial plaque to Mills and Whitby at Crewe railway station
Memorial plaque to Mills and Whitby at Crewe railway station