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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Type: RPO
AAR Class: PB: A car constructed for passenger train service and equipped to handle baggage, express, mail, merchandise or similar products.
AAR Type: M510
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
PRR Class:   M-70
User Notes:   PRR Class M-70; Mail Car.

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PRR "Modern Cars And Locomotives: 1926," Page 11
Title:  PRR "Modern Cars And Locomotives: 1926," Page 11
Description:  Here is page 11 of a 15-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Cars And Locomotives: 1926." Top Photo: PRR D-78B Dining Car #7958. Middle Photo: PRR M-70 Mail Car #6546. Bottom Photo: PRR BM-70K Combination Baggage-Mail Car #5279. All were built in the Altoona Car Shops.
Photo Date:  7/1/1926  Upload Date: 6/27/2022 7:28:23 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  198   Comments: 0
"Passing Of The Wooden Passenger Car," Page 8, 1928
Title:  "Passing Of The Wooden Passenger Car," Page 8, 1928
Description:  Here is page eight of a 12-page pamphlet entitled "The Passing Of The Wooden Passenger Car From This Railroad." It was published originally by the Pennsylvania Railroad in June of 1928. Reprinted by Harry P. Albrecht in 1978. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "The standard mail car.... It is devoted entirely to the handling of United States Mail...and comprises a complete Railway Mail Post Office." Shown here is PRR all-steel RPO car #6546. Pictured below is PRR all-steel dining car #7922.
Photo Date:  6/1/1928  Upload Date: 2/23/2022 10:30:07 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  128   Comments: 0


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