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Lancaster and Carlisle Railway: Travelling Post Office
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 Travelling Post Office, built by the LNWR as West Coast Joint Stock, for the West Coast Postal train, London Euston, Crewe, Carlisle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, 1863 onwards. The offset corridor connection is incompatible with ordinary coach stock, a security precaution.

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BPQ85.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863; notice the offset corridor connection.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BPQ86.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863; exchange apparatus extended.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BPQ87.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BPQ88.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863; post box on the side.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BPQ90.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863; sorting racks and letters.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BPQ91.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863; sorting racks and letters.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BPQ89.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863; exchange apparatus, van net and lineside post.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BPQ92.jpg  Travelling Post Office, 1863; van net and leather mail pouches.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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