Hornby Made a Working TPO Coach!

A train that could collect your post without stopping?

For decades, Britain’s Travelling Post Offices were a vital part of the railway network, allowing mail to be sorted while trains were on the move. Some TPOs could even collect and deposit mailbags using specialised lineside apparatus.

Now Hornby brings this unusual piece of railway history to OO Gauge with the RailRoad Royal Mail TPO Coach 80331.

In this video, we take a closer look at the Hornby R40568, explore the history behind the Travelling Post Office and put its working mailbag transfer mechanism through its paces.

The real TPO era eventually came to an end, with the final UK carriage-based operation running on the night of 9 January 2004.

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