From 21 April - 20 May 2006, James Benedict Brown toured the United States of America and Canada by train, courtesy of the North America Rail Pass. This blog is his travelogue of one amazing trip.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Cultural difference # 1
Does the United States Post Office really save money by making their own vans from flat packs? I mean, Ford and GM both make good vans, I'm sure they could get a good deal...
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The Post Office does not build its own trucks. They have them built for them under contract. But postal trucks are special. First the driver is usually on the right side unlike the usual US vehicle. Second they have to have engines and transmissions capable of making frequent stops. Most cars and trucks can't deal with it. In rural areas where houses are farther apart the rural route carriers often use normal passenger vehicles like cars or trucks but those really won't do the job in cities and suburbs.
This blog is archived day by day (see below). Clicking on a day shows you all the posts from that day, but they appear in anti-chronological (backwards) order. So on days with more than one post (the number of posts is in brackets next to the link) you'll need to scroll down to the bottom of the page and read up.
The trip started on 21 April 2006 and finished on 20 May. Posts before 21 April detail the trip's preparations.
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The Post Office does not build its own trucks. They have them built for them under contract. But postal trucks are special. First the driver is usually on the right side unlike the usual US vehicle. Second they have to have engines and transmissions capable of making frequent stops. Most cars and trucks can't deal with it. In rural areas where houses are farther apart the rural route carriers often use normal passenger vehicles like cars or trucks but those really won't do the job in cities and suburbs.
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