Railway Post Office train car model

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Description
This scale model of a Railway Post Office (RPO) features a fully-detailed interior space. One side of the car is cut-away to allow an interior view of the mail sorting fixtures. It was handcrafted for exhibition use. The precise scale of the model has not been determined, but it may be 1/48th the size of a prototype car. It represents a wooden-body RPO car with a sixty-foot interior.
1893
Object number
1992.2002.880.1
Type
Transportation Equipment & Models
Medium
plastic; metal
Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 9 x 7 x 36 in. (22.86 x 17.78 x 91.44 cm)
Place
United States of America
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Topic
Transportation
Record ID
npm_1992.2002.880.1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f58246ce-8927-4887-8810-32024dd9f181
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