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| − | [http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/Various/railway_mail.htm Canadian RPOs @ Oldtime Trains] | + | *[http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/Various/railway_mail.htm Canadian RPOs @ Oldtime Trains] |
Revision as of 10:36, 14 February 2024
Railway Post Office (RPO)
Railway postal service was an important revenue generator which helped offset any marginal revenues on passenger train service and also ensured a regular schedule of trains to ensure daily mail service to communities served by the railway. From the daily notes of George Parks it is noted that No. 3708 was west bound along with sister mail car No. 3711 off the D.A.R. at Truro on August 17, 1956 as a result of the new Evangeline Dayliner service taking over mail duties.[1]
The mail was picked and and delivered at each station along the route and then sorted in the specially built mail cars. The postage stamps were "franked" with "hammers", each mail clerk having their own.
Gallery
DAR Mail Car No. 3708 in Kentville in 1943.
DAR Mail Car No. 3711 in Halifax in 1939.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ Wendell Lemon, Atlantic Rails Facebook Group, March 23, 2020.
