1934 Paddington to Penzance - Travelling Post Office.

The first mail trains to work on the GWR from Paddington were recorded in December 1839 and by the early 1920s a complex set of postal services were working across the GWR network.
The Pendon model is of the Paddington to Penzance service as it was in the middle of the
1930s. Trains like this one were comprised entirely of mail vehicles , and were capable of
handling many thousands of letters and packages on each journey. The locomotive is 4-6-0 “Castle” class No. 4016 “Knight of the Golden Fleece”
.This engine had begun life as a member of the “Star” class, which were the basis of the design of the “Castle Class”. In 1925 it was decided to rebuild five of the “Stars” that were due for a heavy general repair as “Castles” and “Knight of the Golden Fleece” was one of these.
Travelling Post Offices were equipped with apparatus to set down and collect bags of
mail without stopping, and in addition sorted mail would be set down at main station
stops.

[@brianallison2509]

Really love these clips. But they are far too short and I would love to see more running videos please

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Brian, we are really pleased you are enjoying the videos, and your request will go forward to the production team.

[@westrain2]

Lovely

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Really pleased you enjoyed the video John. We hope you are enjoying our others as well.

[@onaocn]

Buongiorno,
ho già fatto le mie felicitazioni per il superbo lavoro degli ideatori e creatori di questo spazio storico creativo modellistico. Ora mi congratulo anche per i modelli ferroviari qui esposti. Sono di vostra costruzione? Molto ben fatti i carri postali ma, la cosa che mi ha reso entusiasta sono i soffietti d'intercomunicazione tra una carrozza e l'altra, una rarità nel mondo fermodellistico commerciale. Una innovazione epocale, lascerà un segno, complimenti.

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Molte grazie per i tuoi commenti molto positivi. siamo molto contenti che ti piacciano i nostri video.
Tutti i modelli che vedete sono realizzati da volontari del museo. Ciò include i treni, i vagoni, le case e gli scenari.

[@phil36310]

Very interesting information. Great models. thanks for sharing. Kind regards, Filip

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Thanks as always for your positive comments Filip, we are really pleased you are enjoying our videos.

[@michaelmiller641]

Lovely!

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Glad you enjoyed the video Michael. Always good to know.

[@andymacc]

👍

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Thank you Andy.

[@4623620]

🚂🚃👌🚃😀🚃👍🚃💨Love this kind of short informative clips, they are so nice for a moment of relaxation in between other activities ❗

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We are really pleased you are enjoying our series of videos, thanks for watching.