Brutkey

Ross of Ottawa
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…The photo on that article is so foundational in my life too.

It's that classic Cdn train station, and with that old luggage/freight wagon too! Now it's just decorative probably, but I remember them carrying stuff to the baggage car.

My early childhood days involved sitting on one of those, dangling our legs counting the train cars whizzing by.

We'd sing song-like reading the boxcars: "Canadian National, Canadian National…"

#unsolicitedHistoricalTales

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
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I remember the old days when even here in Italy it was possible to go to the train station and send things via less polluting rail rather than with DHL, UPS or FedEx stinky vans (and it was cheaper!).

Ross of Ottawa
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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org A good point. The overlay of package transportation with public transit is something that is probably almost non-existent now!

I recall that both with trains and with the bus network. People would send parcels that way all the time - no separate trucking required, just using up some space on regularly scheduled trains and buses.