Railway Post Office mail crane and catcher arm

Title Ogden Union Station Rail Cars
Creator Ogden Union Station
Contributors Railroad Companies
Description Rail car collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah
Subject Railroad cars--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1885-1996
Date 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996
Date Digital 2014
Temporal Coverage 1936-2000
Medium Photogrphay
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Image provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s65t7fjn
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98411
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s65t7fjn

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Title Railway Post Office mail crane and catcher arm
Creator Bryce Draper (catcher arm)
Image Captions The RPO car display is augmented by a mail crane which held a canvas bag of mail suspend near the track. As the RPO car passed by, a clerk in the car would swing the catcher arm (attached to the doorway on the car) horizontally and snag the mail bag without the need to stop the train.
Description Rail post office car, collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah
Subject Railway mail cars--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1885 - 1996
Date 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996
Date Digital 2014
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Image provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98481
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s65t7fjn/98481