Does anyone have a pic of an assembled mail hook assembly for the Kato Budd Passenger RPO? Also maybe a prototype pic as well?
RPO hook assembly
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Owen:
The diagram is from The Budd RDC in Canada by Ray Corley. It shows a mail hook. This seems to be the only mail hook in the book -- none of the pictures shows one, although some show an iron bar through the mounts.
The diagram is from The Budd RDC in Canada by Ray Corley. It shows a mail hook. This seems to be the only mail hook in the book -- none of the pictures shows one, although some show an iron bar through the mounts.
Thanks David.....does the hook extend horizontal from the car or hang vertically and parallel to the side?
The hook has a small handle on the main bar to rotate it out horizontally.
Some of them seem to have a little circular bit where the angled bar joins on; this is shaped to catch the mailbag.
A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker. Were there any mail routes where RDCs picked up mail on the fly? Were there any routes in Canada where regular trains picked up?
Some of them seem to have a little circular bit where the angled bar joins on; this is shaped to catch the mailbag.
A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker. Were there any mail routes where RDCs picked up mail on the fly? Were there any routes in Canada where regular trains picked up?