Norfolk & Western M-1 Post Office Car #93

Post Office Car Description

• Manufacturer: Bethlehem Steel Car Company
• Cost: $24,597 each
• Used to sort mail en route. Railway lines would operate such cars under contracts with the US Post Office.
• Typically traveled with passenger trains
• Mail was sorted, cancelled and then delivered to towns and cities along the way. Outbound mail would be picked up as the inbound was delivered.
• The service was phased out in the 1960s as passenger service declined and the US Post Office moved to regional sorting centers and air mail.

# 93

• Manufactured in 1937
• One of nine purchased by the N&W in 1937
• Sold to the Florida East Coast Railways in 1960-1961 but reacquired by N&W in 1966
• Donated to the Museum by the Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Class Specifications

• Length: 64 ft 5 in