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Images: Behind the Scenes at the USPS Palatine Processing and Distribution Center

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Mail processor Gerard Wilk tends the feeders of the Flat Sequencing System at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Workers prep mail through the FSS at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Harry Jameson, mail handler equipment operator or mule driver, tows the mail in train-like fashion through the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Mail being sorted at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Blue Rigid Capture Trays or RCTs are staged for the next step of processing flats on the FSS at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Routing placards are used to direct the mail to the next step in processing or delivery at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Mail handler Laurie Swanson sorts letter trays at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Harry Jameson tows the mail through the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Gallery posted: 5/28/2011 1:00 AM

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Daily Herald staff photographer Bob Chwedyk takes an inside look at the postal sorting facility in Palatine.