Links to other sites with related information or connections to TPOs & Postal related matters

Nene Valley Railway

Didcot Railway Centre

Railway Vehicle Preservations Ltd based on the Great Central Railway

Colne Valley Railway

National Railway Museum

EWS Railways

Royal Mail Group (the new name for Consignia) and Royal Mail

Royal Mail Group's Heritage Collection Website (Including TPO fact sheet)

Allan Yeo's Travelling Post Office Pages

Mike's Railway History - The "West Coast Postal" and other British Railway Postal Services in the 1930's

Mike's Railway History - Driverless Subway Trains (Carrying the mails under London's streets)

Mail Rail (London's Post Office Railway)

TPO & Seapost Society

North East TPO Football Team

Mail by Rail deals with railway philately

Post Office Vehicle Club

Railway Philatelic Group

Grimsby Post Office - Includes many historical newspaper articles

Trainspotting - TV series on railways, including an episode on the TPO

Seahawk's pages on NPCCS carriages

Llightstraw's page on the GPO

Links to other sites covering the last days of the TPO system

Pictures of the last East Anglian Up TPO

Pictures & Details of the last days of the South Wales TPO

Site with details of various TPO / Mail trains

Paul Durrant's pictures of the North East TPO & Mid South TPO at York I, York II, York III, Darlington and Last Night of TPOs at York

Paul Daurrant's pictures of the last days of mail by rail - Postals @ York Last Week and Postals @ Darlington 'The Last Night'

The last week of the Travelling post office (TPO's)

TPO's At York

THE END OF AN ERA

FAREWELL TO THE TPO'S AT EXETER ST DAVID

LAST NIGHT OF THE TPO's - 9th January 2004

Last TPO's At York 09-10 Jan 04'

Reading Station 09.01.2004 - The Last Great Western TPO's

Last tpo mail from plymouth

Mail Trains

THE LAST POST FROM CARLISLE

The last days of the Carlisle - London TPO

Travelling Post Office, last week of running, January 2004

09-01-04 Carlisle TPO +

Exeter TPO final runs

Farewell Great Western TPO Jan 9-10th 2004

Last TPO from Penzance (1C01)

York Station January 9th - 10th 2004

York TPO Farewell 9th January 2004

Class 67

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/leopold/mark/yatton/index.html

THE LAST POST

Last TPO From Derby on January 10th 2004

Sites connected with carriages and wagons

LMS Carriage Association - Group restoring LMS carriages

LNER Carriage Association - Group restoring LNER carriages

Stately Trains - Vintage carriages by Stephen Middleton

HRA Carriage Survey Database - Details of all known preserved carriages

The Carriage Exchange - Buy, sell or exchange almost anything to do with carriages and wagons.

The Vintage Carriage Trust - Based at Ingrow on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Bluebell Railway - Includes a large carriage section

Paul Bartlett's collection of Wagon Photographs, including a section with Travelling Post Office coaches

http://www.gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk - Group restoring rolling stock relating to the Great Central Railway

Toplight Coach Group at the Swindon and Cricklade Steam Railway

Wagons on the Web - Welcome to Wagon Heaven!

Other sites of interest

Battle of Britain Locomotive Society - Owners of 34081 "92 Squadron"

Mayflower Group - Group behind 1306 "Mayflower", D306 "Atlantic Conveyor", D9516, D9523 and others.

Locomotive Club of Great Britain - Their TPO lineside pickup apparatus is on loan to the NVR

Polysafe - Supplier of level crossing panels and a keen and active supporter of the Nene Valley Railway

Deltic Preservation Society - Visited the NVR during 2002.

GWR 0-6-0PT No. 9466 - Visited the NVR during 2004.

Historical Model Railway Society - Comprehensive site for All UK Railway Modellers, Historians and Enthusiasts

For a vast list of railway related sites have a look at Link Rail, Railway Register or iRail

The Crown Inn at Great Casterton

email groups of interest

For information and discussions on preserved railway carriages send a blank email to the Railway Carriage eGroup

For information and discussions about the UK railway heritage movement send a blank email to the Heritage Railways eGroup

For people interested in Post Office vehicles send a blank email to the Post Office Vehicle Club eGroup

For people interested in the class 67 locomotives send a blank email to the GMGEN or class 67 eGroups

For people interested in the RES (mail and TPO) operations of EWS send a blank email to Postie_Bob or RES-GEN2001 eGroups

If you know of any other links that should be included here or if any of the above links no longer work then please email links@tpo.org.uk