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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.

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.

(British, founded in 1880)
Medium/TechniqueColor halftone lithograph on card stock.
DimensionsHorizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.6401
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ClassificationsPostcards
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)