The Malakwa Post Office 1911 1st Row: John Johnson 2nd Row: Erik Erikson, Halver Sederberg Back Row: Arthur Haycock, Charlie Hathaway, R.W. Bruhn, Alfred Hagstrom, Nellie Baynes, Mattie Baynes, Sarah Baynes
Items that would not fit in the outgoing mailbag that was picked up by a moving train required the train to be stopped for pickup. Here Carl Bertholm flags down the train to stop at the Malakwa crossing for an oversize parcel to be picked up. The flag was also used to stop the passenger trains