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BRITISH RAILWAYS. This 3,300 h.p. diesel electric locomotive built by English Electric Co. Ltd. is powered by a Napier 'Deltic' 18 cylinder engine. The world's most powerful single unit locomotive it is seen here working a London Midland Region express.

BRITISH RAILWAYS. This 3,300 h.p. diesel electric locomotive built by English Electric Co. Ltd. is powered by a Napier 'Deltic' 18 cylinder engine. The world's most powerful single unit locomotive it is seen here working a London Midland Region express.

(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 number2015.6404
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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)