Front:
PRIDE The PRAIRI
Engine 35...vintage of 1882...rolled up
an incredible mileage in its day and
is still in perfect running condition.
The little Mail Car is a replica of one in
which on July 28, 1862, enroute from West
Quincy to St. Joseph, Missouri, over what is
now a part of the Burlington main line from
Chicago to Kansas City and St. Joseph, United
States Mail was first sorted while in transit.
The purpose was to speed the departure of
the overland stage coach from St. Joseph to
California. This was the forerunner of the
present-day Railway Mail Service.
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Back:
Burlington
Route
Burlington Railroad Souvenir of
Pioneer Locomotive
and the
First Railway Mail Car
