Steel RPO cars begin replacing dangerous wooden cars. |
20.407 Railway Postal Clerks earn an average salary of $2,067 per year.
Newton bros. steal 3 million in cash and goods from Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul train. |
U.S. Post Office introduces the first Highway Post Office bus. |
Railway Mail Service is renamed the Postal Transportation Service. |
President Eisenhower signs the Federal Highway Act creating the interstate road system. |
U.S. Post Office terminates or reduces many railroad mail carrying contracts. |
Final run of Highway Post Office bus. |
The Railway Post Office makes its final run. The last RPO delivers the mail between Washington DC and New York. |