1926 mail rail - from our story 'The Artist Who Unlocked King Tutankhamun’s Tomb And Revealed A London Underground Of Wonders (1928)'

Post Office London Railway - diagrammatic drawing. Picture showing the route of the underground railway in London that starts from Eastern District Post Office to Paddington Station. Exterior view of EDO is uncovered and shows how mail reaches the railway motor trucks from the sorting office using chutes and lifts. East bound and westbound tunnels are shown. Illustrated by D Macpherson 1926. Reproduced from The Graphic 13/02/1926. 1937

Mail Rail 1926 cutaway of the entire route. Copyright Royal Mail Group Ltd, courtesy of the Postal Museum.

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