BRITISH RAILWAYS. SOUTHERN REGION. The Devon Belle Pullman car train hauled by a Merchant Navy Class Pacific Locomotive, climbing Honiton Bank, Devon. This incline arises at 1 in 80 for 5 miles, and is a sever test for the locomotive.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS. SOUTHERN REGION. The Devon Belle Pullman car train hauled by a Merchant Navy Class Pacific Locomotive, climbing Honiton Bank, Devon. This incline arises at 1 in 80 for 5 miles, and is a sever test for the locomotive.

Printer and Publisher: J. Salmon Ltd. (British, founded in 1880)

British

Medium/Technique Color halftone lithograph on card stock.

Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2015.6401

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
COPYRIGHT. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. SALMON LTD. SEVENOAKS.
SALMON SERIES 5165
PRINTED IN ENGLAND

Signed ALAN ANDERSON

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)