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To: PROCON
The logistical system we had back then was marvelous. The kits were typically delivered by rail car, loaded on a truck and delivered to the building site.

If you decided you wanted some minor modification such as, say, a bay window, there were smaller kits which would be shipped by parcel post.

The post office was a logistical marvel in those days. You could post a letter in Maine and it would typically arrive at a destination in California three days later, maybe four if it was too far off a main rail line. Trains plied the tracks 24/7 and ran on time. Many of these trains included a postal rail car which had a crew sorting mail en route. Bags were coded according to station and direction and could be picked up and dropped off with a special hook and pulley arrangement even if the train didn't make a stop at that particular station.

Sorting errors were rare and were usually caught by the destination station master and rerouted before the postal patron even noticed a delay in delivery.

25 posted on 05/17/2016 12:34:12 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman
And then the Government unions arrived :-)

The rest is history.

28 posted on 05/17/2016 12:37:00 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: Vigilanteman

Ahh, yes the glory of the days of Outcome-Based performance management. Now workers expect a trophy just for showing up on time and everyone, especially the employer, must defer to each employee’s ‘identity’.


48 posted on 05/17/2016 1:25:43 PM PDT by Justa
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To: Vigilanteman

My uncle Jack was in charge of a mail crew that sorted mail on the train. I always thought he worked for the post office but when my aunt passed away I helped go through her things and the retirement he got was from the railroad not the postal service.

Yes the mail was far more efficient than it is now.


52 posted on 05/17/2016 1:42:31 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: Vigilanteman

I remember my dad riding the trains as postal clerk. He carried a pistol. I thought that was cool.

Then he spent a few years sorting mail in a bus-like truck. It was akin to the rail cars, but on a bus platform.


78 posted on 05/17/2016 2:25:08 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who dies)
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