Trains on stamps are my favorite collecting area, so although these pages are not formally a part of my philatelic alphabet, I am including them so I can share some of my favorite stamps and covers. Below are thumbnail images of all the U.S. postage stamps and postal stationery with a train or rail theme, as listed in Norm Wright, Sr.'s ATA Handbook 138, World Railways Philatelic (to which I am indebted for much of the technical data quoted here), plus a few others I felt belonged. The stamps are arranged by type (Locals and Expresses, US postage stamps, then Parcel Post, Revenues, and postal stationery). 11/16/2004 - A viewer pointed out that I was not showing here the stamps with streetcars or trolleys, and though I do not collect those, they are listed in the ATA Handbook, so I have added spaces for them in the table below, and will add images and text as I acquire them. I have also added other items I had simply put off including, such as postal cards. I am still NOT including here stamps such as Scott 628, the John Ericsson commemorative, whose rail connection is that its subject designed the steam locomotive "Novelty" in 1869. You may explore the stamps below in three ways: - Click on any thumbnail to bring up a high-res version of that image, OR - Click on the legend below any image to go to a page that discusses the purpose and history of the stamp, and shows covers and other collateral material, OR - Click on the little steam locomotives at the top of the page to move forward and backward through all twelve pages of text and images.

LOCALS and EXPRESSES including some fakes and fantasies (sorted alphabetically) Click here - New catalog of Private Express Stamps and Labels.
Baldwin (bogus)	Bigelow's Massachusetts 1848	Broadway Post Office New York 1852	Broadway Post Office (bogus)	Bronson & Forbes Chicago 1856
Cummings New York 1846	Fiske & Rice New York ??	Gay, Kinsley Boston & New York 1850?	Kingman's (bogus)	Lillard ? ?
Locomotive Express New York 1847	Pacific Express San Francisco 1884	Pomeroy & Co. New York 1844	Truman & Chapman San Francisco 1861	Truman & Chapman San Francisco 1865
Wells Fargo 1883	Wells Fargo 1892	Wells Fargo ? ?	W. Wyman Boston 1844  (149L1)	What is the train on the Wyman's Local?

US Government Postal Issues (sorted chronologically)
First US stamp with a train on it, 1869 Pictorials Scott 114/125	TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE Scott 293	PAN-AMERICAN EXPO Scott 295	PAN-AMERICAN EXPO Scott 296	PAN-AMERICAN EXPO Scott 297
PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPO Scott 398/402	TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD Scott 922	POSTAGE STAMP CENTENARY Scott 947	UNITED STATES- CANADA FRIENDSHIP Scott 961	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION Scott 987
RAILROAD ENGINEERS Scott 993	BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD Scott 1006	FIRST AUTOMATED POST OFFICE Scott 1164	SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR Scott 1196	NATIONAL GRANGE Scott 1323
TOY TRAIN - 1970 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS Scott 1415	SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR Scott 1442	WHEAT FIELDS AND TRAIN - RURAL AMERICA Scott 1506	ZIP CODE Scott 1511	POSTAL SERVICE BICENTENNIAL Scott 1573
RAILROAD CONDUCTOR'S LANTERN Scott 1612	TRAIN in NEBRASKA STATE SEAL, STATE FLAGS ISSUE Scott 1669	TEXAS WINDMILL Scott 1742	JIMMIE RODGERS Scott 1755 "The Singing Brakeman"	LOCOMOTIVE COIL Scott 1897A
RAILWAY HAND CAR COIL Scott 1898	RR CABOOSE COIL Scott 1905 Reissue, untagged Scott 1905a	STREETCARS Scott 2059-62		LOCOMOTIVE COIL Reissue Scott 2226
COAL CAR COIL Scott 2259 CABLE CAR COIL Scott 2263 RAILROAD MAIL CAR COIL Scott 2265	LOCOMOTIVES BOOKLET Scott 2362-66	A. PHILIP RANDOLPH Scott 2402 COG RAILWAY COIL Scott 2463	DC BICENTENNIAL Scott 2561	TOY TRAIN - Contemporary Christmas Scott 2712 TOY TRAIN - Contemporary Christmas Booklet Scott 2716 TOY TRAIN - ATM PANE Scott 2719
NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM Scott 2779-82		LOCOMOTIVES BOOKLET Scott 2843-47	WW II - VICTORY AT LAST Scott 2981i	TOONERVILLE TROLLEY Scott 3000g
JOHN HENRY - FOLK HEROES Scott 3085	The Great Train Robbery CTC 00's Scott 3182c ELECTRIC TOY TRAINS CTC 20's Scott 3184d	PANAMA CANAL CTC 1910's Scott 3183f STREAMLINE DESIGN CTC 30's Scott 3185k	TRUMAN RE-ELECTED CTC '40s Scott 3186d MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE REPRINT Scott 3209b	ALL ABOARD Scott 3333-37
PAN-AM INVERTS Scott 3505		SHIBE PARK Scott 3518 Greetings From America Michigan Stamp Scott 3582	2002 Rate Change Stamps - undenominated Antique Toys Scott 3626-9 2002 - denominated Antique Toys Scott 3642-5	Greetings From America Michigan Stamp Scott 3717

Parcel Post Stamps
Q3 - MAIL CAR Scott Q3	Q5 - MAIL TRAIN Scott Q5	Q9 - MANUFACTURING Scott Q9

Revenue Stamps

FACTORY SCENE Scott R129,30,31,50

Revenue Stamped Paper

ALLEGORICAL SCENE Scott RN-N3 and RN-N4

Private Die Proprietary Stamps
RO86c - GARDNER BEER & CO Scott R086c	RS161d - LAWRENCE & MARTIN Scott RS161d

Postal Stationery - Envelopes
U218 - 1876 CENTENNIAL Scott U218, U220	U221 - 1876 CENTENNIAL Scott U219, U221	U582 - 1976 BI-CENTENNIAL Scott U582a	UC17 - POSTAGE STAMP CENTENARY Scott UC17, UC17a, UC23	ESSAYS FOR POSTAL STATIONERY SURCHARGE 1958
AEROGRAMME UC62 - MONTGOMERY BLAIR Scott UC62

Postal Stationery - Postal Cards
TOONERVILLE TROLLEY - AMERICAN COMIC STRIPS Scott UX227
ALL ABOARD UX307	ALL ABOARD UX308	ALL ABOARD UX309	ALL ABOARD UX310	ALL ABOARD UX311
BASEBALL'S LEGENDARY PLAYING FIELDS - SHIBE PARK Scott UX373

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