Extract from a letter of 1881 from the Montrose and Bervie Railway to the North British Railway regarding the handling of mail, which reads:
Brotherton: 28 Sept 1881:
Mailbags:
My dear sir,
I have yours of yesterday. We do carry Her Majestys Mails 'in a sense' but receive remuneration and undertake obligation only on the same footing as though they were ordinary parcels.
Location: Plates, signs, notices etc
Original line: North British, Montrose and Bervie Railway
Photographer: Ian Dinmore
Contact photographer: Ian Dinmore
Date: 28/09/1881
Image number: 24418