Midland Railway, Carried & Driver Signed

Limited edition of ten signed by the train driver which carried the covers, Craig Buxton. Craig is also the Vice Chairman of the Midland Railway Trust. The covers were carried aboard the DB Cargo Class 66 number 66654 (66149).

Celebrate 150 years of Pullman trains in Great Britain, the mainline luxury railway services that operated with first-class coaches and a steward service, provided by the British Pullman Car Company (PCC) from 1874 until 1962, and then by British Railways from 1962 until 1972, when the Brighton Belle and Golden Arrow ceased running. Produced in association with Midland Railway and the Midland Railway Trust who own the original Pullman Car body "Midland". Carried on the MIdland Railway on the 150th anniversary and postmarked at Ripley, Derby near Butterley where the railway is based 29.07.2024.

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The first Pullman Railway Coach to enter service in the UK was in 1874, from Bradford Forster Square to London St Pancras, after an assembly of imports from the United States, in an operation pioneered by the Midland Railway, working with the Pullman Company in Chicago. The coach “Midland” was of clerestory roofed design with balconies at both ends. The concept of luxury coaches spread to the other UK railway companies thereafter. Pullman trains offered more luxurious accommodation than ordinary mainline trains.