Genesis 6w - LMS Lined Crimson Lake/Royal Mail - Twin Pack G Livery_SatLink Beck created the original diagrammatic

Beck created the original diagrammatic Underground map

Motherwell

26669 - CIE/IR

BR green with yellow nose panels

31010 - Red Oxide

Genesis 6w - LMS Lined Crimson Lake/Royal Mail - Twin Pack G Livery_SatLink Beck created the original diagrammaticOur final offering for this run relates to the use of six wheeled vans as mail bag, parcel tender, and stowage vans in LMS Travelling Post Office trains of the 1930s. In much the same way that a steam locomotive employs a tender to carry coal and water, a mail and parcels train may require a tender to carry unsorted mail bags and parcels. These items were often picked up en route, particularly when TPO trains were marshalled at a central location from