Mail car

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003498",
  "term": "Mail car",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A railway carriage specifically designed and equipped for the sorting, storage, and transportation of mail. These cars often included facilities for postal workers to sort mail while the train was in motion, providing a mobile post office service. Mail cars were a common feature of passenger trains until the decline of rail mail services.",
  "synonyms": [
    "travelling post office"
  ],
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Postwagen",
    "es": "vagón de correos",
    "fr": "wagon postal"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/mail-car/"
}