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BRITISH RAILWAYS. A powerful electric locomotive leaving Woodhead Tunnel at the head of a Manchester express on Britain's first all-electric main line. It links Manchester with Sheffield. The locomotive, which has six motors, weighs 102 tons. The new Woodhead Tunnel, over 3 miles long, was opened in 1954. It replaces the two old single-track tunnels.

BRITISH RAILWAYS. A powerful electric locomotive leaving Woodhead Tunnel at the head of a Manchester express on Britain's first all-electric main line. It links Manchester with Sheffield. The locomotive, which has six motors, weighs 102 tons. The new Woodhead Tunnel, over 3 miles long, was opened in 1954. It replaces the two old single-track tunnels.

(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 number2015.6402
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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)