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English: The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, was a narrow-gauge driverless private underground railway in London built by the Post Office to move mail between sorting offices. Inspired by the Chicago Tunnel Company, it was in operation from 1927 until 2003.
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Media in category "London Post Office Railway"
The following 98 files are in this category, out of 98 total.
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A few spare stamps!.jpg 2,916 × 4,852; 1.66 MB
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Abandoned soap (13267513233).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.38 MB
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Access tracks from the loop to the car shops.jpg 3,015 × 4,720; 1.69 MB
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Anyone for Darts?.jpg 3,704 × 2,920; 1.47 MB
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Anyone for subterranean darts (13267805184).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.15 MB
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Approaching MP from the Eas.jpg 4,579 × 3,095; 1.45 MB
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Bag loading apparatus.jpg 5,090 × 3,270; 2.12 MB
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Binary alternative (13267740304).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.15 MB
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BLW Control Desk for Post Office (London) Railway (Mail Rail).jpg 3,888 × 2,592; 2.47 MB
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BLW Mail Rail Switch Frame (1).jpg 1,704 × 2,272; 874 KB
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BLW Mail Rail Switch Frame.jpg 2,272 × 1,704; 714 KB
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BLW Switch frame from Post Office (London) Railway (Mail Rail) (1).jpg 3,888 × 2,592; 2.6 MB
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BLW Switch frame from Post Office (London) Railway (Mail Rail).jpg 3,888 × 2,510; 3.14 MB
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Car storage sidings (now the "graveyard") - 36117560773.jpg 4,887 × 3,319; 1.63 MB
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Car storage sidings (now the "graveyard").jpg 4,922 × 3,599; 2.01 MB
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Car storage sidings (now the "graveyard".jpg 4,768 × 3,277; 1.61 MB
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Conductor rail insulators.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 7.43 MB
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Cross passage between E and W platforms.jpg 3,648 × 5,472; 2.76 MB
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Crossed tracks (13267443405).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.96 MB
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Crumbling walls (13267374805).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.64 MB
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Curvy tunnel (13267751974).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.48 MB
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Dangling signs (13267376905).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.32 MB
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De Patch (13267553413).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 4.81 MB
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Depot area (13267701334).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.15 MB
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Direction reminder.jpg 4,579 × 841; 590 KB
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Disused Tunnel to Whitechapel - geograph.org.uk - 5895406.jpg 768 × 1,024; 148 KB
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Double slip.jpg 3,191 × 5,031; 1.84 MB
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Eastbound main line on left, loop on right.jpg 4,712 × 3,648; 2.12 MB
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Ecurity Espatch Aiting (13267438155).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 4.6 MB
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Entrance to the car storage sidings (Eastbound).jpg 5,307 × 3,263; 2.07 MB
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Exit from car sidings (westbound).jpg 4,614 × 3,305; 2.11 MB
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Festive murals were an unexpected feature (13267450505).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.19 MB
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Flood barrier (13267567473).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.03 MB
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Heading west (13267577593).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.16 MB
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Heading West again.jpg 5,069 × 3,613; 2.32 MB
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In the tunnel.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 5.42 MB
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Industrial sized Henry (13267797294).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.06 MB
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It's always Christmas on Mail Rail (13267602983).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.64 MB
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Junction tunnel.jpg 1,152 × 864; 188 KB
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Lead cables full of copper wire (13267693464).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.74 MB
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Liverpool St main line.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 2.44 MB
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London Post Office Railway 1980 Stock.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.16 MB
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London Post Office Railway 2019-02-16.jpg 5,616 × 3,744; 19.83 MB
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London Post Office Railway Map.jpg 1,033 × 722; 119 KB
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London Post Office Railway Mount Pleasant sorting office platform.jpg 8,256 × 5,504; 11.74 MB
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London Post Office Railway tunnel bend outside Mount Pleasant sorting office.jpg 8,256 × 5,504; 10.93 MB
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London Post Office Railway tunnel loop at Mount Pleasant.jpg 8,256 × 5,504; 13.09 MB
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London Post Office Railway tunnel outside Mount Pleasant sorting office.jpg 5,504 × 8,256; 12.52 MB
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Mail Rail Direction Sign.jpg 4,915 × 855; 575 KB
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Mail Rail Museum, Phoenix Place, London, May 2024.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.27 MB
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Mail Rail plaque.jpg 714 × 960; 100 KB
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Mail Rail WC1.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 1.4 MB
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Main line to Paddington.jpg 4,285 × 3,137; 1.37 MB
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Maintenance area (13267494763).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.41 MB
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Mazil Rail Safety sign.jpg 3,802 × 2,563; 1.12 MB
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Mood lighting on the spiral staircase (13267781804).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.8 MB
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Mount pleasant depot (13267684854).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.37 MB
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Mount Pleasant Eastbound - 36754656332.jpg 5,216 × 3,263; 2.02 MB
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Mount Pleasant Eastbound.jpg 5,181 × 3,186; 1.85 MB
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Mount Pleasant Loop (13267405095).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.27 MB
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Mount Pleasant Mail Centre.jpg 876 × 668; 105 KB
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My sleeper!.jpg 4,565 × 2,395; 1.45 MB
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Note the graffiti (13267824884).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 4.98 MB
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Old tooling machine (13267707294).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.43 MB
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On the tracks (13267392585).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.71 MB
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Oops (13267415575).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.53 MB
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Plaque outside Mail Rail, London - geograph.org.uk - 5980490.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 1.39 MB
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Platform level (13267389645).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.74 MB
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Points (13267395345).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.81 MB
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Post office sorting area (13267536683).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.41 MB
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Prevent cell explosions.jpg 894 × 632; 88 KB
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Pulling into the station (13267615603).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.5 MB
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Repair area (13267379255).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.69 MB
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Returning up to the car shops.jpg 4,600 × 3,627; 2.21 MB
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Safety notice (13267698384).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.47 MB
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Safety rules (13267742574).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.6 MB
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Shunt indicator.jpg 4,663 × 3,410; 1.12 MB
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Slope down to Mail Rail (13267504373).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.32 MB
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Some kind of info board (13267709284).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.41 MB
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Spare parts (13267715314).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.19 MB
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Split tunels (13267420325).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.58 MB
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Stalactites (13267407225).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.62 MB
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Standard EE tram control.jpg 4,957 × 2,815; 1.73 MB
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Status indicator (13267772254).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.32 MB
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Stephen Knight 22 mins · The main workshop bay is now the entrance hall.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 1.83 MB
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Steps up to the exit (13267689184).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.81 MB
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Storage room (13267369485).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.49 MB
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Switch panel.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 7.73 MB
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The loop splits here.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 2.33 MB
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Towards Paddington, Westbound lines.jpg 5,286 × 3,487; 2.32 MB
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Tracks (13267534903).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.31 MB
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Tracks leading down (13267511133).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.82 MB
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Tunnel to Bloomsbury (13267562533).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 6.5 MB
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Well stocked pantry (13267809744).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.89 MB
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Wizzing under London!.jpg 4,866 × 3,564; 1.62 MB
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Workmans MiniYork on the platform.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 7.46 MB
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Ye Olde TV (13267621183).jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 5.29 MB