Travelling Post Office - Home Page

Aims of the TPO website

History of the Friends of M30272M TPO Group

TPO M30272M

• M30272M - Technical details
• M30272M - In BR service
• M30272M - Early preservation
• M30272M - Arriving at the NVR
• M30272M - Restoration begins
• M30272M - Stripping the interior - The toilet
• M30272M - Stripping the interior - The fittings
• M30272M - Stripping the interior - Cupboards
• M30272M - Stripping the interior - Lighting & Electrics
• M30272M - Stripping the interior - Odds & Ends
• M30272M - Stripping the interior - The carriage apparatus
• M30272M - Overhauling the body - Apparatus end (Dismantling)
• M30272M - Overhauling the body - Apparatus end (Repair & Renewal)
• M30272M - Overhauling the body - Rebuilding the apparatus end (2002)
• M30272M - Overhauling the body - Rebuilding the apparatus end (2003)
• M30272M - Overhauling the body - Non apparatus end
• M30272M - Overhauling the headstock
• M30272M - Overhauling the chassis
• M30272M - Overhauling the roof
• M30272M - Overhauling the apparatus equipment
• M30272M - Refurbishing the Interior
• M30272M - Work Week April 2004
• M30272M - Turning M30272M
• M30272M - July to December 2004
• M30272M - January to June 2005
• M30272M - July to December 2005

LMS Full Brake 30976

• 30976 - Technical details
• 30976 - In BR service
• 30976 - At the Llangollen Railway
• 30976 - At the Nene Valley Railway
• 30976 - Clearing up the inside

Southern TPO - POS 4920

GNR TPO - POS 2178

Lineside Apparatus, Signals & Leather Pouches

• Lineside Apparatus 2000
• Lineside Apparatus 2001/2
• Lineside Apparatus 2004
• The TPO Signal - Preperation
• The TPO Signal - Commisioning
• Leather Pouches

Site of future TPO Museum & Workshop

TPO Special Events Diary

• Log of Exchanges at "Sutton Cross"

Articles

• Vintage Weekend 2004 and video
• Rail Mail 2004
• Rail Mail 2004 - The Lineside Exchanges
• Rail Mail 2004 - Around Wansford
• Rail Mail 2004 - NVR & TPO staff at work
• Rail Mail 2004 - Collection by Marie Saville
• Rail Mail 2004 - The timetable
• A poem, "The Last Post", by Steve Glason
• TPOs - The Final Nights, York by Phil Mason
• TPOs - The Final Night - North East Down TPO
• TPOs - The Final Night - North East Up TPO
• TPOs - The Final Week - "The Last Post"
• Visit to Princess Royal Distribution Centre
• Colne Valley Railway's TPO Day 27th July 2003
• Trip on North East Down TPO on 9th June 2003
• NVR's Rail Mail 2000 - Report and pictures
• NVR's Rail Mail 2002 - Report
• NVR's Rail Mail 2002 - Pictures - Saturday
• NVR's Rail Mail 2002 - Pictures - Sunday
• NVR's Rail Mail 2002 - Pictures by Nigel Hunt
• NVR's Rail Mail 2002 - Timetable
• Didcot's TPO Weekend 2000 - Report and pictures
• Didcot's TPO Weekend 2002 - Report, pictures and video.
• Great Central Railway's "Steam Railway Gala 2002" - Report, pictures and video.

Reference Page

• TPOs - The Final Nights, Locos, Carriages and Times
• The named class 67s
• Details of Southern Railway TPOs
• Details of LMS TPOs
• Details of British Railway Mark 1 TPOs
• Labels used on the TPO
• 'Blind list' for Cambridgeshire
• 'Blind list' for Essex
• 'Blind list' for Norfolk
• 'Blind list' for Suffolk
• Scanned version of 'Rules for Working in Travelling Post Offices'.
• Text version of 'Rules for Working in Travelling Post Offices'.
• Carriage Terminology

Other Preserved TPOs & Lineside Equipment

• Great Western TPO - BPOT 814
• Southern TPO - POS 4922
• WCJS TPO - POS 186 (30384)
• LMS TPO - POS 30225
• BR TPO - POS 80300
• BR TPO - POS 80301
• BR TPO - POS 80318
• BR TPO - POS 80328
• BR TPO - POS 80329
• LMS-built replica of 1838 Travelling Post Office
• Didcot's lineside apparatus
• GCR's lineside apparatus
• NRM's lineside apparatus

History of the TPO system

News Page

• News for 2001
• Latest Restoration Diary Details
• Restoration Diary for January to June 2001
• Restoration Diary for July to December 2001
• Restoration Diary for January to June 2002
• Restoration Diary for June to December 2002
• Restoration Diary for January to June 2003
• Restoration Diary for July to December 2003
• Restoration Diary for January to June 2004
• Restoration Diary for July to December 2004
• Restoration Diary for January to June 2005

Gallery

Did you know ...

Contacts

Caption Time

• Caption - June 2004
• Caption - July 2004
• Caption - August 2004
• Caption - September 2004
• Caption - October 2004
• Caption - November 2004
• Caption - December 2004
• Caption - January / February 2005
• Caption - July / August 2005

Links to other pages on the Internet

Didcot's TPO 814 Group

• Work on TPO 814 in 2003
• Work on TPO 814 in 2004 (January to March)
• Work on TPO 814 in 2004 (April / May)
• Work on TPO 814 in 2004 (June)