| Here is the right-hand portion of a one-page article entitled "What's Happening To The RPO Cars?" It was published originally in the 1 December 1967 issue of "The Pennsy," page 5. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "The Fast Mail is an old tradition on the PRR. Above, a solid mail train of the 1940's speeds west of Pittsburgh on its way to St. Louis." Depicted here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1453, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during July of 1917 and retired in September of 1956. |