Former Post Office Underground Railway unit 809, on display at the National Railway Museum, York, in November 2014. The 2ft gauge system, built to move mail between sorting offices across London, operated between 1927 and 2003. The six and a half mile route between Paddington and Whitechapel originally served 8 stations, including the 23 acre Mount Pleasant Mail Centre on Farringdon Road.
Location: National Railway Museum York
Original line: National Railway Museum
Photographer: Colin Miller
Contact photographer: Colin Miller
Date: 11/11/2014
Image number: 50172