by Rail. Other lines are following in their wake. TPO vehicles TPOs were formed of several different types of vehicle: Post Office sorting van Post Office stowage van Brake Post Office stowage van Propelling control vehicle Brake van General utility van See also Great Central Steam Railway - where the Travelling Post Office and Mail Exchange on the Move is recreated Great Train Robbery (1963) in which £2.3 million was stolen from a Glasgow to London TPO train Night Mail - Film and poem about Travelling Post Office Railways (Conveyance of Mails) Act 1838 Railway post office - North American term for cars that served similar functions. SNCF TGV La Poste - French Post Office dedicated TGV sets. British Rail Class 325, Royal Mail EMUs used in Britain. London Post Office Railway, that Royal Mail used to transport mail across London on private underground tracks. Nene Valley Railway, where visitors can ride the TPOs and get off at a remote exchange point to watch the mail pickup/drop off. References Further reading External links The Travelling Post Office, British Postal Museum and Archive The British Postal Museum & Archive - Victorian Travelling Post Office. Travelling Post Offices, Allan Yeo website. Parcels and Post Office Traffic, Mike Smith 'Goods and Not So Goods' website. Mail by Rail, John Chenery 'Light Straw' website. Friends of M30272M TPO Group, Nene Valley Railway (via archive.org) Schedule of mail trains operating from London (Willesden) in 2002 TPO and Seapost Society for all collectors of Rail and Ship Mail worldwide , an account of Travelling Post Offices in the 1930s British railway wagons DB Cargo UK Philatelic terminology Postal infrastructure in the United Kingdom Postal vehicles Sorting offices