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Delivering mail and hauling passengers was the Saint Class’ staple throughout their operational lives, leaving London as the day comes to a close and passing through the Riviera Line in the shadow of night. The Saint Class truly was a grand example of Great Western engineering and is now ready for you to enjoy in Train Simulator, complete with unique TPO rolling stock, courtesy of Partner Programme developer, Victory Works.

After modifications to the Great Western Railway network, converting lines into the widely adopted standard gauge, modernisation quickly came into effect. New lines that shortened the distance between London and the West Country were not seeing a dramatic change of journey times, services were still being hauled by older and slower locomotives. New traction was clearly required and G. J. Churchward, soon-to-be Chief Mechanical Engineer of the GWR, sought to deliver.

After acquiring several experimental locomotives (and also designing his own), Churchward, who was now C.M.E. ordered a prototype loco to be built at GWR’s Swindon Works. This first prototype finished production in February 1902 and was numbered ‘100’, later being named Dean, then William Dean in honour of Churchward’s predecessor. This 4-6-0 prototype took into account of all Churchward’s initial findings, however following testing further modifications would be made to future models, leaving ‘100’ as a unique locomotive.

A further two prototypes were built in 1903, no. 98 and No. 171, each developing on the last and also featuring a mix of 4-4-2 and 4-6-0 wheel configurations (the latter of which was eventually proven to be the best, and also chosen as the base for the new production locomotives).

A total of four different Saint Class production series would be built between 1905 and 1913. Each series was given its own name, these were; Scott, Ladies, Saints and Courts. Multiple variants could be listed between the different series, the main differences were in the frames, boilers and smokeboxes. Combined, the four series came together to form a 77-strong fleet of Saint Class locomotives.

• GWR 2900 Class (Saint) in Great Western Railways Livery (all 75 named members of the class and all logo versions spanning 1906 to 1947)
• Unique Travelling Post Office Baggage vehicle with operating mail catcher and associated lineside equipment
• Travelling Post Office Sorting coach
• Collett "Sunshine" Composite, Third and Brake Third in Great Western livery
• Accurate Simulation and Sounds
• Simple, Standard & Advanced Driving modes
• Realistic boiler water gauges affected by grade, acceleration and speed
• Opening windows and rain effects
• Tender water scoop compatible with Riviera in the Fifties
• Four challenging career scenarios for the Riviera Line in the Fifties route, also available on Steam.
• Quick Drive compatible

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Today in Transportation History – 2004: The End of Traveling Post Offices

In Great Britain, a longtime transportation era came to an end when the mail trains known as Travelling Post Offices made their final runs. “Mail trains have reached the end of the line,” proclaimed BBC News. “After more than 160 years of service, the Travelling Post Office – where post is sorted en route on special train services – has finally gone to the sidings.”

The first Travelling Post Office (TPO) made its debut in 1838 after a railroad car used for carrying horses on Great Britain’s Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was converted into a moving postal train. A General Post Office surveyor named Frederick Karstadt was the one who recommended using a GJR horsebox for handling mail. His son, incidentally, was one of the two clerks who sorted the mail on board that pioneering TPO.

The first train specifically designed to serve as a TPO was introduced in 1855 and initially operated by the Great Western Railway between London and Bristol. TPO operations continued to expand throughout Great Britain, becoming a major means for collecting, sorting, and distributing mail in not only England but also Scotland and Wales.

Over time, this rail-based postal delivery service experienced its fair share of both highs and lows. A positive example was the critically acclaimed 1936 documentary film “Night Mail,” which focused on a train serving the route between London and Glasgow and included compelling footage of postal employees grabbing up bags of unsorted mail during the journey for handling on board. It also didn’t hurt to have two artistic legends lend their considerable talents to this documentary; classical composer Benjamin Britten wrote a musical score for “Night Mail” while literary giant W. H. Auden prepared a poem exclusively for the film.

One of the more unfortunate milestones involving the TPOs took place in 1963 when a gang of 15 robbers held up a mail train making its way from Glasgow to London. The Great Train Robbery, as it is now known, resulted in the men escaping with today’s equivalent of 50 million pounds (approximately 68 million in U.S. dollars).

By the start of the 21 st century, TPOs were increasingly seen as far less effective than other transportation options for delivering the mail throughout Great Britain. The Royal Mail finally ceased operations of this service on the night of January 9, 2004.

For more information on the Travelling Post Office (TPO), please check out the 9 January 2004 BBC News article “R.I.P. Mail Trains” at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3382141.stm and the 9 January 2014 National Railway Museum blog post “Ten Years Since the End of the Travelling Post Office” at https://blog.nrm.org.uk/ten-years-since-the-end-of-the-travelling-post-office/.

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Delivering mail and hauling passengers was the Saint Class’ staple throughout their operational lives, leaving London as the day comes to a close and passing through the Riviera Line in the shadow of night. The Saint Class truly was a grand example of Great Western engineering and is now ready for you to enjoy in Train Simulator, complete with unique TPO rolling stock, courtesy of Partner Programme developer, Victory Works.

After modifications to the Great Western Railway network, converting lines into the widely adopted standard gauge, modernisation quickly came into effect. New lines that shortened the distance between London and the West Country were not seeing a dramatic change of journey times, services were still being hauled by older and slower locomotives. New traction was clearly required and G. J. Churchward, soon-to-be Chief Mechanical Engineer of the GWR, sought to deliver.

After acquiring several experimental locomotives (and also designing his own), Churchward, who was now C.M.E. ordered a prototype loco to be built at GWR’s Swindon Works. This first prototype finished production in February 1902 and was numbered ‘100’, later being named Dean, then William Dean in honour of Churchward’s predecessor. This 4-6-0 prototype took into account of all Churchward’s initial findings, however following testing further modifications would be made to future models, leaving ‘100’ as a unique locomotive.

A further two prototypes were built in 1903, no. 98 and No. 171, each developing on the last and also featuring a mix of 4-4-2 and 4-6-0 wheel configurations (the latter of which was eventually proven to be the best, and also chosen as the base for the new production locomotives).

A total of four different Saint Class production series would be built between 1905 and 1913. Each series was given its own name, these were; Scott, Ladies, Saints and Courts. Multiple variants could be listed between the different series, the main differences were in the frames, boilers and smokeboxes. Combined, the four series came together to form a 77-strong fleet of Saint Class locomotives.

The Saint Class proved suitable as passenger and mail haulers on longer-distance journeys, being able to cope with just about anything aside from the top link expresses. Once the Castle Class was introduced in the early 1920s, many Saints (and their larger sisters, the Stars) were displaced to secondary duties. However, a problem arose with the Saint class as their large wheels were deemed ineffective for hauling freight.

While Churchward tried to rectify the lack of freight locomotives with the 4700 Class, his successor, C. Collett decided to modify the original Saint Design and built out of 2925 Saint Martin a new prototype locomotive. This new locomotive would become a success and soon be known as the Hall Class, which in itself turned into the Modified Hall, Grange, Manor and County Classes. The Saint Class was recognised as, ‘one of the most important steps forward in railway traction of the 20th century’ by The Great Western Society, a locomotive that in no doubt became the future of the GWR.

Despite the acclaims of the revolutionary Saint Class, no examples managed to survive into preservation. All locomotives were withdrawn from service by 1953 and subsequently scrapped, leaving their successor locomotives to continue on until the end of steam.

Thankfully, not all hope is lost for the return of the Saint Class. The Great Western Society are currently in the process of reverting an old Hall Class locomotive, 4942 Maindy Hall, into a Saint Class no. 2999 Lady of Legend. 2999 is a continuation of the Saint Class’ numbering and so Lady of Legend will essentially be a ‘new’ locomotive to the Class (aside from being a Hall conversion) much like 60163 Tornado is to the LNER Peppercorn A1 Class.

The Travelling Post Office

The Great Western Railway was famous for a service called the Travelling Post Office. These trains would set out from London in the dead of night and deliver the post to every major town, ready for the locals to open in the morning. The trick to a fast and reliable Travelling Post Office is to have a consist which does not need to stop, and the solution was quite revolutionary.

The concept of the Travelling Post Office first originated in the 1830s. Post began to run across the Liverpool & Manchester Railway following an agreement with the General Post Office, and within the decade it became mandatory that all railways had to carry the mail in some capacity. It was in 1838 when the concept of sorting the post on the train itself came to fruition, the Grand Junction Railway was the first, with the post being sorted on the way. This post service must’ve proven popular as by the mid-1840s it had been extended up through to Scotland.

The services quickly became known as Travelling Post Offices, and could either be formed of dedicated mail rolling stock or a mixture of mail and passenger. Not only did this concept continue throughout Britain, it was also employed across various Commonwealth countries and even the Army.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Travelling Post Office is the rolling stock itself, and how it interacts with the world around it. The Sorting Coach and Baggage Coach would’ve been built off of existing rolling stock designs, be that local ‘Big Four’ or BR Mk1 etc. and would feature dedicated ‘TPO’ interiors, complete with unique mail equipment. The Baggage Coach would be fitted with a net and several mail bag holders, while on the trackside similar equipment would be standing, ready to perform the mail transfer.

At specific locations, workers inside the TPO would prepare the mail bags to be hung from the side of the coach, and then these bags would be collected by a trackside net. At the same time, any empty mail bags would be returned to the coach by a similar process. This operation happened while on the move and allowed for non-stop services throughout the night.

The first special Travelling Post Office was across the GWR network, London to Bristol services started in 1855 and the lineside equipment was introduced at Maidenhead and Slough just over a decade later.

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• Collett “Sunshine” Composite, Third and Brake Third in Great Western livery
• Accurate Simulation and Sounds
• Simple, Standard & Advanced Driving modes
• Realistic boiler water gauges affected by grade, acceleration and speed
• Opening windows and rain effects
• Tender water scoop compatible with Riviera in the Fifties
• Four challenging career scenarios for the TS2016 Riviera Line in the Fifties route
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With the Bachmann Post Office Red Mk1 Sorting Van due next week (https://railsofsheffield.com/products/35062/Bachmann-39-421b-oo-gauge-br-mk1-pos-post-office-sorting-van-post-office-red-with-nets) I'm tempted to create a steam-hauled postal train, however, I'm not sure of formations etc.

The POS seems to be in the same livery as the TPOs at the GCR, however, I see Bachmann also has an Era Five TPO https://railsofsheffield.com/products/35063/Bachmann-39-422-oo-gauge-br-mk1-pos-post-office-sorting-van-royal-mail-travelling-post-office which is in a different (later?) livery.

Were trains formed with carriages in both liveries, please? And I take it a TPO had to run with a POS?

Also, in terms of formations, would I be right in thinking two or three POS, plus a TPO and Maroon BG would look 'right'? Or would a GUV be required too?

I don't have an era/region in mind for the train - I have locos from the big four and BR, plus a few locos are as preserved, I'd like to run a train that looks vaguely correct.

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Not sure about the mk1, but the Gresley TPO had offset gangways and could only be accessed from the similarly equipped sorting vans.

Have a look here for liveries: http://www.lightstraw.co.uk/gpo/tpo/nightmail3.html

In short, the one in your first link is in 1950s/60s livery, and the second one is in post-1990 livery. In BR steam days only the BR Mk1s were bright red, most other TPO vehicles were maroon. After 1970 they went blue/grey and then from 1986 back to red.

A TPO could be a single sorting carriage (POS - Post Office Sorting) at the head of a passenger or parcels train, or a whole train of 12 or more Post Office vehicles, or anything in between. As well as the sorting carriages there were stowage vans (POT - Post Office Tender) and some brake stowage vans (BPOT), mixed and matched to suit operating requirements. The only absolute requirement was that there must be at least one brake vehicle to accommodate the guard (which could be in the passenger coaches if there were any).  Beyond that the variations were legion, there was much shunting, combining and splitting of portions en route. I'm sure there are old threads on here going into much detail.

A typical 'short' formation was the Scottish bit of the Up Special TPO which in the 60s was two sorting vans, a stowage van and a brake stowage van, all LMS vehicles. It combined with other portions at Carlisle. The Highland TPO was a single POS at the head of a passenger train, an ex-HR carriage until about 1960 then a BR Mk1. If you want to do it with all Mk1 vehicles then the Huddersfield - Whitehaven TPO was a POS and 3 BGs by the 1970s. With a GUV you would have no through gangway communication but you could always tag it on as a 'bag tender' i.e. not sorted en route.

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3 hours ago, doilum said: Not sure about the mk1, but the Gresley TPO had offset gangways and could only be accessed from the similarly equipped sorting vans.

No, the Mk1s had conventional Pullman gangways and all pre-nationalisation TPOs had special non-standard offset British standard gangways ( if any ).

If the Bachmann van has BR1 or BR2 bogies it should be OK for steam days - B4 bogies might have been fitted towards the end of steam haulage but don't assume that's true just 'cos that's what you see on preserved railways !

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Don't forget that the TPO portion only sorted mail that had been presorted to it in the sorting offices' Outward Secondary Sortation (OSS), so there was alway a good baggage of other mail going the same way on the same train in stowage vehicles, which could also be formed as part of ordinary passenger or parcels trains, not classed as TPOs and part of the the very strict terms of the GPO/BR TPO contract with swinging penalties applied by one to the other in the event of delays.  Stowage could be in GUV or similar vehicles without gangways, but of course these could not be marshalled in the TPO or passenger gangwayed portions of the train.  Offset gangways were used on the LMS I believe for security purposes and police patrols would often park on bridges to observe the train's passing though.  

Bag tenders are not to be confused with stowage vehicles; a bag tender is part of the TPO portion and has sliding doors for loading or unloading, but it's function is merely to store TPO bags until they are sorted, and to store the sorted bags after the TPO has finished with them and labelled them to their destination and tied them; it is in the Royal Mail's livery and carries the crown's coat of arms.  It is a tender to supply bags in the same way that the loco's tender is to supply coal and water, and a ship's tender is to supply the ship if it is moored away from a berth.  The vehicles are classified as POS, for Post Office Stowage, but referred to in general as bag tenders by the TPO staff.  

Stowage of mail bags in 'ordinary' vehicles with parcels/mails accommodation is not part of the TPO operation; those bags have already been sorted, labelled, and tied to their destinations by the OSS at the despatching sorting office, and are mostly earlier collections.  Later collections are sorted to TPO bags to save time on OSS and enable it to make the 22.00 dispatch, or to travel on earlier TPOs to relieve the traffic later, depending on the destinations and when the TPO services departed from the local railhead.

TPO sorting coaches had post boxes let into the sides, into which mail could be inserted up until the moment that the train was moving and for a few seconds after in some cases but nobody encouraged this on platforms full of staff and handling equipment.  An extra penny stamp had to be affixed to the cover (envelope) for this service; the Postal Inspector on the TPO would open the box and hand the items out for sorting.

The LNER Gresley's also used offset gangways.

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1 hour ago, 73c said: The LNER Gresley's also used offset gangways.

As did the GWR and SR ones, I believe.

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Some of the early Mk1 TPO vans had offset gangways to allow them to work with the Big-Four vans.

There's also some confusion about the 3 letter codes:

POS - Post Office Sorting - i.e. the van with racks where the post workers sorted the post

POT - Post Office Tender - the vans used to store bags of post before and after sorting.

BPOT - Brake version of POT.

Various diagrams of both types existed, with combinations of nets, set-down gear (or provision for but not fitted). Standard BGs could also be use a a tender vehicle.

Formations varied. Two of the easiest mid-late BR period ones to model are the Huddersfield-Workington and the one serving Holyhead. Both were made up of a single POS and two or three BG.

For a "typical" train I'd run a POT or BG either side of a POS. If you have more space then add a second POS.

scottystitch

The West Coast Postal, Aberdeen-Carstairs (where it joined with a portion from Glasgow) for Englandshire, is listed in the carriage working document for 1964 as:

POS POS POT POT BG.

It ran like that from Perth to Carstairs, arriving in Perth from Aberdeen at the head of a passenger rake of 5-7 (depending on the day of the week) coaches, which followed on a few minutes later, I believe as a stopping service to Glasgow Buchanan Street.

The book on the subject is " The British Travelling Post Office" by Peter Johnson. Although an interesting read with a chapter on the complexity of operational diagrams, it doesn't directly answer the question at the top of the thread. That said, as I put the book down, I notice a photo on the back of the jacket with an ex LMS Pacific approaching a drop off point at the head of a long train of mk1 and ex LMS stock.

Thanks all - most useful.

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If you are after the other Mark One TPO coaches Southern Pride do them as pre printed kits.

Click on British Rail Mark 1

http://www.southernpridemodels.co.uk/

Depending upon where you live, and when access eases enough to allow travel, you might want to go to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, where they have a TPO, usually staffed by a couple of very knowledgeable volunteers who explain the whole process and let you have a go at sorting if you are so-minded. The display includes a lot of info about services, diagramming, and I think train compositions.

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Release date

08 Sep 2016

Primary platform

Playable on, developer / publisher.

Victory Works / Dovetail Games - Trains

Steam features

About train simulator: gwr saint class & travelling post office loco add-on.

DLC description

• TPO Exchange Demonstration
• Great Western TPO, Down
• Great Western TPO, Up

Common Key Features

• GWR 2900 Class (Saint) in Great Western Railways Livery (all 75 named members of the class and all logo versions spanning 1906 to 1947)
• Unique Travelling Post Office Baggage vehicle with operating mail catcher and associated lineside equipment
• Travelling Post Office Sorting coach
• Collett "Sunshine" Composite, Third and Brake Third in Great Western livery
• Accurate Simulation and Sounds
• Simple, Standard & Advanced Driving modes
• Realistic boiler water gauges affected by grade, acceleration and speed
• Opening windows and rain effects
• Tender water scoop compatible with Riviera in the Fifties
• Four challenging career scenarios for the TS2016 Riviera Line in the Fifties route
• Quick Drive compatible
• Download size: 125.7 mb

Advanced Mode Key Features

• Realistic Wheel slip physics and effects
• Simulated steam chest
• Cylinder Cock management
• Boiler Management and priming possible
• Realistic injector control
• Realistic shovel stoking and synchronised sounds

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• View the manual
• Search on YouTube

System Requirements

• OS *: Windows® Vista / 7 / 8
• Processor: Processor: 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (3.2 GHz Core 2 Duo recommended), AMD Athlon MP (multiprocessor variant or comparable processors)
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: 512 MB with Pixel Shader 3.0 (AGP PCIe only)
• DirectX®: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 6 GB HD space
• Sound: Direct X 9.0c compatible
• Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection
• Additional: Quicktime Player is required for playing the videos
• Graphics: Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required

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