Mail cars could be painted to match the railroad's color scheme, as long as the car was properly identified. "United States Mail/Railway Post Office" was always painted in two lines of block letters ...

LONDON — In 1913, the British Post Office realized that London’s congested traffic was slowing down mail delivery and something needed to be done about it. (They are turning in their graves if ...

A comparative spatial history using GIS, this article examines the similar and differing effects of railway expansion on the growth of postal communications in Great Britain and France from 1830 to ...

The London Underground is famous - but this traveller took a peek into the city's lesser-known and largely forgotten underground rail network. The underground rail tunnels shuttled letters and parcels ...

LONDON — In 1913, the British Post Office realized that London’s congested traffic was slowing down mail delivery and something needed to be done about it. That year, Parliament approved building the ...