Sujet
Express train with the mail signals
Légende
Express train with the mail signals, 1844. Postal service between Britain and India - the mail travels from the port of Folkestone to London via '...a special train...despatched in less than two hours to the metropolis. On these occasions, the transit of a train on India Mail service, is indicated to all the railway servants by a broad white board placed during daylight in front of the engine; and, at night by three white lights in the same situation'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM20B02_312
Model release
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Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,1Mo (3,4Mo) / 42,0cm x 29,3cm / 4960 x 3459 (300dpi)