mail train
Letters by rail
A mail train is a train primarily or exclusively used to transport postal mail rather than passengers or general freight.
Before air transport dominated long-distance delivery, mail trains were essential infrastructure, with postal workers sorting letters in dedicated railway cars during transit.
The term now has a historical flavor in most countries.
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- iron horseSlang for steam engine
- railwayTrack system for trains
- railway stationTransit hub for trains
- postalOf mail service
philately · letters · locomotive · parcels · postal routes · special delivery · post office · waybill · sorting machines · postal infrastructure · dispatching · courier services · parcel delivery · rail transport · dead letter office · mailbag · postmark · mailroom
- mailletter, letters, envelope, postcard, stamp
- postal servicepost office, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, letter carriers
- postal systempost office, stamp, stamps, envelope, postage stamp
- rail transportlocomotive, rail network, platforms, heavy rail, terminus
- train termsall aboard, engine, departure time, arrival time, passenger car
- postal historystamps, postmarks, postmaster, postage, postmark
mail trainpassenger train
Rail vehicle carrying people
passenger service · commuter train · public transport · commuter rail · freight train
mail trainmail plane
Aircraft carrying letters
airmail · mail truck · mail van · mail ship · mail coach
mail, train, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailman, mailbox, airmail