Fast Mail (Amtrak train)

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The Fast Mail was a train operated by Amtrak from Washington, D.C. to Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts, numbered #12 (northbound) and 13 (southbound).{{cite web |title=Northeast Timetable |date=October 27, 1991 |url=http://www.timetables.org/browse/?group=19911027ne&st=0001 |via=The Museum of Railway Timetables |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=April 19, 2021 |pages=7, 13}} Train 12 carried both passengers and mail while train 13 carried mail and freight only.{{cn|date=April 2021}}

At New Haven a separate train ran to and from Springfield (412/413). Train 12 departed Washington daily at 3:00am while 13 departed Springfield/Boston in the early morning. In 2002, train 13 was canceled and 12 became 190, without mail and express service.

On November 23, 1996, the northbound Fast Mail derailed on Portal Bridge near New York City, sideswiping the southbound {{lnl|Amtrak|Carolinian}} and causing 43 injuries.{{cite report|title=Derailment of Amtrak Train No. 12 and Sideswipe of Amtrak No. 79 on Portal Bridge Near Secaucus, New Jersey, November 23, 1996 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|date=1997 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Documents/SIR9701.pdf}}