Showing posts with label Elisabeth Cotton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elisabeth Cotton. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Mail train, mail train, going so fast



Well, not so fast, as we are still in the National Railway Museum. Yes, I know, the original song is Freight Train; I have an Elisabeth Cotton recording.

Years ago, many students worked for the Post Office over Christmas, and one winter I was assigned to the late shift at Durham Railway Station to load and unload mail from one of these trains. I remember it being a cold, windy location. This is only one of the many wonderful exhibits at the world's biggest railway museum.