Most mail was moved in sacks, but most mail cars also had such a letter slot. They say that in the primitive days of the 1940s, a letter dropped in the slot of a Rutland RR mail car in Rutland, VT

Most, if not all RPOs had a letter slot. That is one feature of the "working" RPO that we lost when first class mail went airborne and the rest went sealed. Most solid mail trains carried many

A letter box on the mail car was common. A friend who's dad was a RPO clerk said it allowed people from small towns to mail a letter without the local postmaster seeing to whom they were sending

For whatever it's worth, my mother and her older sisters all recall vividly times when they put mail on the 15 (in Boone) via the mail slot and had it in the hands of the recepient before day's end.

Nope, Haven't been there. The first person I would think of is Ken Riddle Johnny Graybeal

The era of fast mail goes back even further. I have a postcard that was postmarked in Roan Mtn. at 12:00 and postmarked again in Elizabethton at 1:00. Anyone care to guess how it got there. Oh, by

That train must have been a "fast mail" to make it from Roan Mountain to Elizabethton in one hour and go through the Gorge. Guess the times are approximate. Curtis

Some (all?) Knoxville TN streetcars had mail slots . . . Charles johnny graybeal wrote:

An hour to go some 20 miles, not bad but isn't it down hill all the way ???? I bet the reply to that post card took at least two hours. 8^) Mike Baskette

New locos on the ET? Wow, to be honest I'm quite surprised. Have they had an upswing in business? From all the "hanging on by the skin of their teeth" talk I've heard the past couple years , I

Hello, I'm am trying to locate someone who has been to the East Tennessee Railway in recent weeks and has photos of the two new SW1200s. If you have such photos let me know. John Waite Technology

I will get you some first of the week John--do you want prints or slides?? Ken ---------- Railway

The SW butthead engines burn about half as much fuel as those hopped up GP9s do. They are a lot easier to switch with as well. The ET is solvent. Ken ---------- had an talk they that. to if catch

All, Come on folks, I know there are more than 12 "Eastern" narrow gauge fans and modelers lurking out there. To repeat myself, there is a possibility of getting a "Limited Run" kit of the East

Bachmann recently imported one of these in "G" . . . Charles Phread wrote:

Ken: Please arrange to get these photos posted on the web. I'd love to see them. How does Keith Holley like them? Curtis

They look really great but they have had some electrical problems. Keith said he has put 250 feet of wire in one of them. He is about to get them where he wants and plans to turn the other GP loose

The ETRy operates on an as needed schedule. The railroad is a two man operation with Keith and Darrell doing all office work, shop work, track work, and serving as the train crew. Business actually

Folks, Please get some shots of the departing GPs, especially some straight on side and end shots that will help me do the decal sheets. For modeling purposes, identifying any unusual features or

Fred, I'll buy a couple of HOn3 kits, put me down as a customer. Thanks Chris ----------------------- Chris Ford cfordart@... http://www.mindspring.com/~cfordart/etwnc/home.html