>>2008785Yes. The cart was loaded at the railway's goods yard, and a driver would then take the goods to where they were needed. One such example of a goods yard was the Midland Railway, who had theirs adjacent to their London terminus of St Pancras; having been demolished during the 'let's pull everything down and build pedways and motorways' era, these days the British Library sits on the site. And of course, if you're posting here then you're probably already aware of how the station's undercroft was used to store vast quantities of beer barrels, whereas now it's where Eurostar lives.
My point is, 'they fall apart when you have multiple points of origin and destinations for the goods being delivered' is bollocks, as though trains have to drive up to peoples' houses in order to deliver the milk or post or whatever.
