With nearly 500 members throughout the world, the Casey Jones Railroad Unit is the first (1950)
of the American Topical Association Study Units, and, today, one of the largest. Its bi-monthly bulletin,
The Dispatcher, is devoted entirely to philatelic railroadiana. The website has many interesting
features, including a fascinating section on Railroad Thematic Cancellations of the United States.
The "Internationale Motivgruppe Eisenbahnwesen" e.V. was founded in 1963. Today, it includes
approximately 700 members in Europe and overseas countries, and enjoys continuing membership
growth. Members are interested primarily in stamps, cancellations and postal stationery which
reflect the railway theme.
Are you a stamp collector? Are you interested in railways? If the answer to these questions is yes,
the RPG is the organisation for you. With 450 members worldwide, an Annual Convention, a quarterly journal,
an exchange packet and an auction twice a year, membership of the Group will enable you to make contact
with other collectors who share your interests and passion for railways past and present.
Horst Bix's site is intended to give an overview of the railway thematic hobby, as well as providing
additional data about existing literature and other sources of information. (Text in English and German)
Here you will find several articles on specialized areas of railway philately - for example,
Switzerland: Railways on the Defintive Issues 1934-1950 or Ecuador: Railway Issue of 1926.
Images of U.S. postage stamps and postal stationery with a train or rail theme, aranged by type
(Locals and Expresses, US postage stamps, then Parcel Post, Revenues, and postal stationery). Each image
is accompanied by information the purpose and history of the stamp, and shows covers and other
collateral material.
