> > The car had to face so that this bar would be facing forward to
> > catch the
> > pouch.
> > By the way, we also met the eastbound train in the morning but then
> > the mail clerk just tossed the pouches out on the platform, so the bar
> > didn't get used then. Wally Collins
>
> I see you have never looked at an RPO very close. That bar can be
> turned around so it will work the direction.
> Thank you
> Larry Jackman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the Great White North, that bar was gone by the mid-1950's on the CNR.
Probably something to do with safety.
On the branches, the mail contract was pretty well the only thing that kept
those rails alive. When the contract expired in the late 1950's, those
trains were cut.
cheers,
Andy Malette
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