tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post5980230509078532627..comments2024-03-28T00:22:13.698-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: Way back when the US Post Office was profitable, they had mobile post office railcars processing mail while between townsJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-15018094043170862162016-04-22T19:38:51.821-07:002016-04-22T19:38:51.821-07:00Nancy and Dennis, I believe the second hook you re...Nancy and Dennis, I believe the second hook you refer to was likely an east coast peculiarity. It was more common for the delivered bag to simply be kicked out the door.ZeldaTheSwordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14562367023525285665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-66562992575171054202013-02-06T19:00:52.612-08:002013-02-06T19:00:52.612-08:00Just posted photos of what you commented about, th...Just posted photos of what you commented about, thought you'd love the photos!Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-27790367303476083102013-02-03T18:25:52.738-08:002013-02-03T18:25:52.738-08:00See that post with the mail bag hanging on a brack...See that post with the mail bag hanging on a bracket in the first pic? That is how the mail was transferred when the train did not stop in a town. But there should be two of them; when the train came through it would leave a bag on the first one and pick the bag off the second one. <br /><br />I vividly recall going with my Grandfather to the train station in Canton, NY in the early 50's: he would hang a mail bag on one of the posts, then the train would come through without slowing down, and BLAM - BLAM! The bag he hung would be gone and another bag would be swinging on the other hook!<br /><br />The second pic shows the sorting desk, the clerk would stand there and toss the mail into the appropriate bags.Nancy and Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687673264804197319noreply@blogger.com