TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS

I have always loved trains, so when I became a stamp collector, it was natural that I should collect stamps with a rail theme -
a locomotive, a train, a streetcar, almost any rail-related image.
Below are links to all the pages of my site with a rail theme.

Page	Date Created	Date Updated	Nature of Update
R is for RPO - Railway Post Offices - what were they?	5/1/2000	07/01/2004	Major revision and expansion of Forerunners section
T is for Topicals - Topical collecting is popular - Trains are a popular topical topic	5/1/2000	5/1/2000	Creation
Trains on US stamps - All the stamps of the US with trains - OVERVIEW PAGE Start on this page for images of ALL the stamps and stationery, then go to the individual pages for details. PLEASE NOTE that the "page" numbers below are relics from an earlier version of this index, and each "page" is now actually multiple pages.	4/21/2001	05/23/2019	Added latest news about the new Transcontinental Railroad 150th Stamps!
... Trains on US stamps - Locals and Expresses - Baldwin thru Wyman (3 pages)	8/18/2001	8/30/2002	Added links to Mosher page
... Trains on US stamps - page 1 - 1869 thru 1877 (2 pages) ...... Scott numbers 114, R129, R130, R131, R150, RN-N3, U221, RO86c	3/22/2001	11/28/2004	Added text, images, examples, and links
... Trains on US stamps - page 2 - 1880 thru 1912 (4 pages) ...... Scott numbers RS161d, 293, 295, Q3, Q5, Q9, 398, 402	3/22/2001	11/28/2004	Added text, images, examples, and links
... Trains on US stamps - page 2b - 1913 ..... Why there is NOT a rail vehicle on Scott 398/402 ..... (though there should be)	11/16/2004	11/16/2004	Creation
... Trains on US stamps - page 3 - 1944 thru 1950 (5 pages) ...... Scott numbers 922, 924, 947, UC17, 961, 987, 993	3/22/2001	11/28/2004	Added text, images, examples, and links
... Trains on US stamps - page 4 - 1952 thru 1970 (4 pages) ...... Scott numbers 1006, postal stationery essays, 1164, 1196, 1323, 1415	3/22/2001	11/28/2004	Added text, images, examples, and links
... Trains on US stamps - page 5 - 1974 thru 1976 (4 pages) ...... Scott numbers 1442, 1506, 1511, 1573, 1669, U582, 1742	3/22/2001	3/22/2001	Creation from monolithic version
... Trains on US stamps - page 5c - 1980 ... Scott 1742 - Is it rail-related?	11/30/2004	03/04/2005	Added comments from Texas reader
... Trains on US stamps - page 6 - 1978 thru 1984 (3 pages) ...... Scott numbers 1755, 1612, 1897A, 1898, 2059-62, 1905	3/22/2001	3/22/2001	Creation from monolithic version
... Trains on US stamps - page 7 - 1987 thru 1988 (3 pages) ...... Scott numbers 2226, 2362-66, 2259, 2265	3/22/2001	3/22/2001	Creation from monolithic version
... Trains on US stamps - page 8 - 1988 thru 1992 (3 pages) ...... Scott numbers 2263, 2402, UC62, (2434-37), 2561, 1905a, 2712	3/22/2001	3/22/2001	Creation from monolithic version
... Trains on US stamps - page 9 - 1993 thru 1995 (3 pages) ...... Scott numbers 2779-82, 2843-47, 2463	3/22/2001	3/22/2001	Creation from monolithic version
... Trains on US stamps - page 10 - 1996 thru 1999 (4 pages) ...... Scott numbers 2981i, 3000g, UX227, 3085, 3182c, 3183f, 3184d, 3209b, 3185k, 3186d	3/22/2001	01/16/2002	Moved 3333 ff to page 11
... Trains on US stamps - page 11 - 2000 thru 2002 (3 pages) ...... Scott numbers 3333-3337, UX307-11, 3505, 3518, UX373, 3565, 3582, 3595, 3627, 3629, 3643, 3700, 3717, 3730	1/16/2002	02/01/2019	- Added press sheet to All Aboard issue; - Added Ohio and California to Greetings From America issues; - Added coil to Antique Toys issue
... Trains on US stamps - page 12 - 2003 thru 2019 (1 page) ...... Scott numbers 4305, 4547, 4705, 4710m, 4739, 4748h, 4748i, 4801j, 4970	02/02/2019	05/23/2019	Moved 2019 Sesquicentennial of Transcontinental Railroad to new page
... Trains on US stamps - page 13 - 2019 onward (1 page) ...... Scott numbers not assigned (2019 new issue)	05/23/2019	07/04/2019	Added images for package labels and FDCs.
Trains on Private Express Labels and Stamps of the U.S. New catalog by Bruce Mosher	8/29/2002	8/29/2002	Creation
Trains on Cinderellas an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	10/17/2002	02/09/2014	Corrected error - Danish steamship stamp
... Trains on Argentine Revenues Dispatcher article and Catalogue	12/12/2004	02/20/2006	Added colors and images for Formosa
... Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of the World Examples and information about all the ones with trains	12/04/2004	03/09/2006	New information about New Zealand essay
... Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of Great Britain	10/24/2002	12/06/2004	Added conversation with Tony Goodbody
... Railway Parcel Stamps of Denmark	10/24/2002	12/06/2004	Added conversation with Tony Goodbody
... Railway Personnel Charity Stamps of Denmark	10/10/2002	06/24/2020	Added images
... Why All Railway Parcel Stamps (including Belgium's) are Cinderellas	12/04/2004	12/04/2004	Creation
... Belgium: Railway Stamps	01/22/2007	01/22/2007	An extensive new sub-site displaying all of the rail-themed stamps issued by Belgium
... Trains on envelope seals of Germany and Austria-Hungary	11/11/2004	11/11/2004	Creation
Trains on Postal Stationery an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	1/7/2003	2/20/2003	Added, revised
... Trains on Postal Stationery - listings A set of pages with scans and text descriptions of all the rail philatelic postal stationery I know of	1/7/2003	11/20/2004	Recent additions to France, Bolivia, Peru, Spain, Australia, New Zealand
Trains on Covers an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	02/06/2003	02/06/2003	Creation
Trains on Fred Collins Hand Painted FDCs My favorite First Day Cover maker's covers often show trains	06/18/2000	02/21/2003	Creation
Trains on Stamps of Austria - the collection of Dexter C Wright	6/15/2002	6/15/2002	Creation
Trains on advertising covers	8/6/2001	1/25/2003	Major overhaul - split into six pages, added covers and text
Trains on U.S. Philatelic Exhibition Seals	1/18/2002	1/18/2002	Creation
Railroad Perfins of the U.S.A. more from the Dexter Wright collection	07/06/2004	07/06/2004	Creation
Trains on Argentine Revenues Still more from the Dexter Wright collection	07/07/2004	07/07/2004	Creation
B & O 108th - A hand-drawn commemorative cover created by a collector, for the 108th anniversary of the B&O Railroad, with the interesting letter it contained.	3/26/2001	3/26/2001	Creation
Locomotives on old illustrations by Currier & Ives	2/15/2001	2/15/2001	Creation
What was "The DeWitt Clinton"?	2/15/2001	2/15/2001	Creation
wymans.html - What is the train on the Wyman's Local Post stamp of 1844?	8/21/2001	8/21/2001	Creation
Trains in Ukraine and Hungary - A page with photos of trains in Ukraine and Hungary, from a trip I took with my father in 1999.	5/5/2000	5/5/2000	Creation
War Department envelopes used in collecting weather data, 1870-90 - A group of covers (with trains on them)	1/13/2002	1/25/2003	Added an item
Mount Tamalpais Railroad - A charming advertising pamphlet for the reCreational area north of San Francisco, circa 1924	6/28/2002	6/28/2002	Creation
Trains and Planes A page showing First Flight covers with a train in the cachet, and some related items.	01/25/2003	01/25/2003	Creation
Souvenir Envelopes and Cancels of the Celebrate the Century Express an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	11/14/2004	11/14/2004	Creation
200th Anniversary of Trevithick's Penydarrem, and the Birth of Rail Locomotives an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	11/15/2004	11/15/2004	Creation
THE RAILWAYS OF AMERICA, A study of postage stamps, by A. M. Goodbody	4/1/2002	11/18/2004	Restored from CJRRU website
American Railroad Journal - 12/21/1833 A set of pages with scans of a 16-page issue of this early Railroad publication	12/30/2004	12/30/2004	Creation

If Trains on Stamps is a topic that interests you, I recommend you join the Casey Jones Rail Road Unit of the ATA Click on the Casey Jones stamp directly above to visit their web site.

For an excellent collection of links to web sites about rail themed stamps of many countries, visit: RAILWAY THEMATIC STAMP SITES