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Summary

Mail carts outside the westbound station and next to a mail train. These carts were also used for baggage.

As you'll see from the sign on the station, it doubled as a Railway Express Agency.

Tom Greco In 1967 I watched The Capitol Limited and The Shenandoah pick up the mail in Brunswick without stopping. The westbound mail crane was about 500 feet east of the station, where there was a small bridge. The eastbound crane was about 250 feet east of the old eastbound station along the south side of the yard.

Brenton Barger Railway Express was a separate company that aligned with all major rail lines with passenger and large volume stations. Of course they paid the major railroads a fee to operate accordingly as did the postal service.

Norm Cornelius The RailWay Express was a separate company but aligned with Rail Systems throughout the country so during a tour of duty any Railway express handled by the Station Agent would result in a commission. I forget the percentage but it was a nice bonus when working a station which handled express. One station on the Metropolitan Branch handled so much Express that the Agents Wife worked with him at times just to handle the Railway Express…It was a nice commission.

(From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission)