by railway m8, you still see some of the old baskets with the metal railway form container on it, you took your basket to the booking office and got it on the scales, destination on the basket paid your money and birds were liberated by the station porter at the destination,and your basket put on the next train back,you then collected it from your local station, was great, same at racing,we had a club hut on the staion for basketing and birds went on the trains for racing, and were liberated by the convoyer ,