This is how mail used to be dropped off by train. Here you see me grabbing a mail bag on the go as well. We got special permission to do a catch at 40 MPH for this run. When these exchanges were more commonplace, this practice could of been done at speeds of 60 . #trains #train #railroad #railways #mail #postal #museum

🔥 The Train (1964): The WWII Thriller That Nearly Cost Its Lead Actor His Life 🔥 No CGI. No green screens. Just REAL explosions, REAL train crashes, and one of the most intense WWII thrillers ever put on film. John Frankenheimer’s The Train isn’t just about Nazis stealing priceless French art—it’s about obsession, resistance, and the price of war. Burt Lancaster, playing a resistance leader, did his own stunts, including sprinting across a moving train. He even tore his knee for real during fi

Restored footage from 1903 of a mail bag being delivered to a railroad mail clerk on a moving train. In order to achieve this, the mail bag is suspended on a post and the railroad mail clerk uses a pole to pull the bag into the train as it goes past. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: Train taking up mail bag, U.S.P.O., Library of Congress #history #maryland #train #mail #historicalfootage | History in Color

You might not be able to ride The Polar Express, but a 100-year-old mail train is a pretty close second 📮🚂 | Time Out London

8.6K views · 438 reactions |  A Royal Mail Class 325 transporting bulk post through Lancashire! ️ Did you know the origins of mail rail go back to the Georgian era?  Some mail trains wouldn't even stop for deliveries: ➡️ https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/a-brief-history-of-rail-mail/  Stephen Menzies @RoyalMail @thepostalmuseum | Network Rail | Facebook