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Overnight Mail Car

Interior of an old mail carriage that was a mobile sorting office on overnight trains. This one is in retirement at the National Railway Museum in York, England. It was fitted with a collection scoop system, enabling pickup of mail bags whilst travelling. Can imagine it would wake up any bleary-eyed postal staff as the bags thudded into the scoop! Converted to mono and then split toned in LR.

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Uploaded on September 16, 2015
Taken on November 2, 2013