Mail by Rail: The Story of the Post Office and the Railways

The story of the "traveling post offices" and the trains that have served as an essential part of Britain's mail delivery system for almost two centuries.
Railways have been used for the carriage of mail in Britain since soon after the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830, the development of the first traveling post offices following, enabling the Post Office to achieve maximum efficiencies in mail transportation. As the rail network grew the mail network grew with it, reaching a p...