Vintage British Railway advertising Pacific Class

Beautiful Vintage British Railway mirror showing the Britannia Pacific class steam train, a collectable transport piece featuring a intricate picture with stunning detail, wonderful royal crest, bold fonts on the information section and a sleek plain border, amazing historical piece of Wall Art. Created by the reflection company. Mid to dark coloured wooden frame. Nice vintage condition with few minor signs of original patina. Height: 24cm Length: 49cm Width: 2cm Britannia was built at Crewe, completed on 2 January 1951. It was the first British Railways standard locomotive to be built and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class. The locomotive was named at a ceremony at Marylebone Station by the then Minister for Transport Alfred Barnes on 30 January 1951. The BR Locomotive Naming Committee were determined not to use names already in use on other locomotives. They tried to observe this by not selecting the name Britannia for use on 70000 because it was already in use on one of the ex-LMS Jubilee Class locomotives, specifically No. 45700 but Robert Riddles overruled them and the Jubilee had to be renamed to Amethyst. Britannia was initially based at Stratford in o...more

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