The wagon set is perfect to build a mail train of the Deutsche
Bundesbahn.
The set consists of an express train postal coach (Hechtwagen) type
Post4ü and a three-axle postal coach type Post3 of the German
Federal Post Office as well as a boxcar type Gmhs 30 and a boxcar
type Glmhs 50.
■ The wagons perfectly match the mail train 74091
■ With attached destination plates to establish an authentic post
train network
Earlier in the history of the railways, the postal authorities used
the railway already to transport mail. The railway mail wagons were
either set individually in passenger trains or added in larger
numbers as part of express goods- and freight trains for postal
services.
In the post-war period, the mail trains were characterized by the
rolling stock of the former Deutsche Reichspost and the train
compositions were formed between large main railway stations. Such
mail trains consisted of wagons that served, depending on the
design of the wagons, for the transport of letters and postal
packages. The letter post was not only transported in the postal
wagon but already sorted during the journey. Mailings that were
already presorted and only had to be distributed at the destination
station were transported in boxcars - which were mostly rented by
the DB. Sometimes the Deutsche Bundespost used their own wagons.
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