Post Office sorting van
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post-office-sorting-van-294-2629731
title:
Post Office sorting van
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A Post Office sorting van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a Travelling Post Office. British Rail built ninety-six of these vehicles between 1959 and 1977, to several similar designs, all based on the Mark 1 coach design. They were numbered in the range 80300–80395. The earliest vehicles built featured catching nets and collection arms, to allow mail bags to be exchanged without the train needing to stop, a practice which continued until 1971. Following the Great Train Robbery, vehicle
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Postal railcar in the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_sorting_van
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2023-11-30T19:01:17Z
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