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Post Office Car
Long before the days of transporting the mail via trucks and airplanes, the US Postal Service had postal cars on almost all passenger trains. The mail was sorted in route and dropped off at each location along the stop. If the train stopped in a town the mail bags were dropped off, but if the train did not stop the engineer would signal the postal workers when the train was approaching the non-stop town. The workers would mount the mailbag on a hook and drop system that left in the town for pickup.
Explored 7-21-18
Post Office Car
Long before the days of transporting the mail via trucks and airplanes, the US Postal Service had postal cars on almost all passenger trains. The mail was sorted in route and dropped off at each location along the stop. If the train stopped in a town the mail bags were dropped off, but if the train did not stop the engineer would signal the postal workers when the train was approaching the non-stop town. The workers would mount the mailbag on a hook and drop system that left in the town for pickup.
Explored 7-21-18