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Steamtown National Historic SiteThe tender of the Baldwin Locomotive Works 26, a small steam locomotive built in 1926, rides on old arch-bar trucks. NPS Photo, Ken Ganz
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Living History Program:  Mail by Train
Workers load bags of mail onto a Railway Post Office Car. Historic Photo

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Workers load mail onto a Louisville & Nashville Railroad Railway Post Office car. You can learn about the people who worked in these cars on the Mail by Train living history program.

Step back in time and join a Railway Mail Clerk for a look at this fascinating piece of railroad history. 

Program begins at the Railway Post Office Car in the History Museum.  Included in the Park Entrance Fee.
Drawing of mechanical engineer Elijay McCoy, creator of the 'real McCoy' automatic lubricator.  

Did You Know?
Elijah J. McCoy, a brilliant African-American mechanical engineer, invented an automatic lubricator cup (or drip cup) for steam locomotives and other machines. It worked so well that inspectors, when checking in a new piece of machinery, would ask, "Is it the real McCoy?"
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