THE L.N.W.R. SERIES (in stamp box), PHOTO LONDON, TYPO BERLIN (in stamp box), for more information & allocation to sets see The Official Railway Postcard Book by John Alsop
Sold As
sets of 6 & some as individual cards, used by L.N.W.R. for business messages
First Use
03/10/1904
Where Sold
Great Britain
Title
FOUR WHEELED COUPLED ENGINE "HARDWICKE". BUILT 1873. DRIVING WHEELS 6 FEET 6 INCHES
Item Comment
DURING THE RACE TO ABERDEEN THIS ENGINE MADE A RECORD RUN WITH THE 8. P.M. EX EUSTON COVERING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CREWE AND CARLISLE AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 67.2 MILES PER HOUR. 22 AUGUST, 1895
