Napa Valley Wine Train Railway Post Office Car #3586

This car started its career as a United States Railway Post Office (RPO) car for the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway which later became part of the Southern Railway. The Napa Valley Wine Train purchased the car in 1987 with the goal of historic preservation as this car is not part of the regular train's consist. Today, the car is a fully-equipped RPO. Historical information about this car provided by the Napa Valley Wine Train as well as the Northern Alabama Railroad Museum in Huntsville, AL who owns sister car #3585.


Napa, CA	November 14th, 2014	Bethlehem Steel Company Circa 1928	Napa Valley Railroad	Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway (Southern Railway)

Digital Photo	Canon EOS 60D	Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm f2.8 Zoom Lens	f10.0 @ 1/160th sec ISO 100	706-2743

This car started its career as a United States Railway Post Office (RPO) car for the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway which later became part of the Southern Railway. The Napa Valley Wine Train purchased the car in 1987 with the goal of historic preservation as this car is not part of the regular train's consist. Today, the car is a fully-equipped RPO. Historical information about this car provided by the Napa Valley Wine Train as well as the Northern Alabama Railroad Museum in Huntsville, AL who owns sister car #3585.