A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train.

youpiao
Stamp Bears Posting Guru

Posts: 3,614

Location (Country): USA

A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:13:52 GMT -5 kacyds, Gordon Lee, and 7 more like this

Quote

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:13:52 GMT -5

My wife and I visited the Interurban Railway Museum, in Plano, TX, yesterday. On display, outside, was a Railway Post Office car. I'd like to share some pictures.

The interurban electric train.

Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:14:52 GMT -5 kacyds, cbavier, and 4 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:14:52 GMT -5 A closer view of the train.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:15:42 GMT -5 kacyds, cbavier, and 4 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:15:42 GMT -5 Detail of car.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:16:38 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:16:38 GMT -5 A view of the railway post office, looking out behind the train.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:17:19 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:17:19 GMT -5 The view leading in to the passenger area.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:17:57 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:17:57 GMT -5 The passenger seating area. This was the smoking section. What looks like they might be light switches on the wall are strike plates for matches.
	Last Edit: Jan 12, 2018 8:19:25 GMT -5 by youpiao Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao
Stamp Bears Posting Guru

Posts: 3,614

Location (Country): USA

A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:21:43 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 4 more like this

Quote

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:21:43 GMT -5

The "direct deposit" facility. It had a standard commode to sit on, with an open bottom that deposited your assets directly to the ground. The area directly to the left of the door handle is a drinking water dispenser.

Last Edit: Jan 12, 2018 8:23:07 GMT -5 by youpiao

Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:24:13 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:24:13 GMT -5 The door, with letter slot, leading from the passenger area into the post office.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:25:29 GMT -5 kacyds, cbavier, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:25:29 GMT -5 A Pitney-Bowes Universal Canceling Maching, from the 1920s.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:28:37 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:28:37 GMT -5 The serial number on this machine dates this machine to around 90 years ago.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:30:08 GMT -5 kacyds, cbavier, and 4 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:30:08 GMT -5 Letter would be fed in from the left side, the hand wheel cranked to feed it through the machine, whwere it got canceled and deposited into the collection tray on the right side.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao Stamp Bears Posting Guru Posts: 3,614 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:32:42 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:32:42 GMT -5 2 postmarking devices. The "candle snuffer" is a circular date stamp for covers. The other is a roller cancel, for use on parcels with multiple stamps affixed.
	Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

youpiao
Stamp Bears Posting Guru

Posts: 3,614

Location (Country): USA

A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 8:35:29 GMT -5 kacyds, Philatarium, and 3 more like this

Quote

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:35:29 GMT -5

Close-up of the circular date stamp, with the city and year permanently marked on the outer top and bottom edges, and changeable slugs inside for the month, date, and time of day (AM or PM).

Last Edit: Jan 12, 2018 8:38:15 GMT -5 by youpiao

Stamps - the bear necessities of life.

kacyds
Administrator

Stamp Bears Supporter

Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it.

Posts: 16,186
Location (Country): United States

A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 10:39:22 GMT -5 Craig, guyana1230, and 1 more like this

Quote

Post by kacyds on Jan 12, 2018 10:39:22 GMT -5

Thanks for posting these great pictures. The museum looks very interesting and if I am ever in the area, I would definitely check it out.

As for the pictures of the Post Office car, it reminded me of the streetcars we have here in New Orleans. Very similar....

Craig Gone But Not Forgotten Is your leg wet? Yikes! Sorry 'bout that ... Posts: 6,627 Location (Country): USA	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 11:21:39 GMT -5 guyana1230 and youpiao like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Craig on Jan 12, 2018 11:21:39 GMT -5 Lovely and fascinating! Thank you for sharing these, youpiao .

Philatarium Linking Member Stamp Bears Supporter Posts: 927 Location (Country): Los Angeles area	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 15:20:53 GMT -5 youpiao likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Philatarium on Jan 12, 2018 15:20:53 GMT -5 youpiao Thanks for posting these, Ted! These are really great!

MikeC99 Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Stamp Bears Supporter Posts: 6,856 Location (Country): Regina, Sask., Canada	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 12, 2018 18:26:43 GMT -5 youpiao likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by MikeC99 on Jan 12, 2018 18:26:43 GMT -5 youpiao, I enjoyed your pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us. Mike
	Collecting Canada, US, UK, Ireland, Germany, France & Austria. Also collecting some classic era stamps of some British Commonwealth Island countries and topicals like WW2, Capt. Cook, Horatio Nelson.

FairyFoot Master Stamp Bear OLD SPICE - YES, Spice Girls - no thanks! Posts: 1,900 Location (Country): United Kingdom	A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train. Jan 27, 2018 14:13:02 GMT -5 youpiao likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by FairyFoot on Jan 27, 2018 14:13:02 GMT -5 Fantastic thread thanks. If I can get to Ironbridge, there's a Victorian town museum and they have a postal museum, I will post pictures (done so before, but with another slightly postal hobby!)
	I am a letter writer, snailmail addict. I send therefore I receive. I also manage a letter writing/correspondence forum called A World of Snail Mail. I sometimes post pictures on Instagram (username morgaine_does_snail_mail) Stamp themes - science, nature, postal history, maps, nice stamps.

A Visit to a Railway Post Office Train.

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:13:52 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:14:52 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:15:42 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:16:38 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:17:19 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:17:57 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:21:43 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:24:13 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:25:29 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:28:37 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:30:08 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:32:42 GMT -5

Post by youpiao on Jan 12, 2018 8:35:29 GMT -5

Post by kacyds on Jan 12, 2018 10:39:22 GMT -5

Post by Craig on Jan 12, 2018 11:21:39 GMT -5

Post by Philatarium on Jan 12, 2018 15:20:53 GMT -5

Post by MikeC99 on Jan 12, 2018 18:26:43 GMT -5

Post by FairyFoot on Jan 27, 2018 14:13:02 GMT -5

Google Search

Thread of the Week

Announcements

News