Railway cart?

[Bac0n1]

Hi All

Wondering if anybody could help me with this, I have what I think is a old railway cart. Now I could be wrong, but it looks similer to some on google images.

It does need restoring, lots of the wood has rotted & it is in 2 bits, but wondered if it is to do with the railway & is it worth keeping or fit for the bin. Hope you can tell by the picture below..Thanks

 

[Ploughman]

Could be Post Office off a station.

 

[lincolnshire]

Could be Post Office off a station.

Yes thats an old Post Office barrow that was used on stations to get the mail sacks from the van to the train,s guards van back in the days when a lot of the post went by rail from station to main station. When it used to be a proper joined up railways system.

I think there is quite a lot of it missing or rotted away over the years,how many years since post travelled on local trains now?

 

[MetroDriver]

Found this image which looks almost the same....

http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/72097/view

 

[lincolnshire]

Found this image which looks almost the same....

http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/72097/view

Your picture shows all the missing wood frame from the origional picture, even they have it down as railway luggage, when they were all owned and used by the Post Officefor transporting there mail bags round the stations, thats why they was painted Post Office Red.

 

[Bac0n1]

Thanks guys, Yes thats it!

Only good for scrap?

 

[High Dyke]

Oh i remember those trolleys. Always provided a useful seating area when on a station spotting...until the postie wanted it. Watched many times as the posties struggled across the barrow crossing from the Up platform to the Down side.