Hornby L&MR, Royal Mail Coach - Era 1![Hornby Model Railway 2024 Product](../images/hornby-2024-sml.gif)
Product Code: R40436
Production Details:
Upon the opening of the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway in 1830 an agreement was made to carry mail on the
railway. A royal mail coach would be placed on the end of a train with a
guard seated high up on a special seat at the back of the coach keeping
a watchful eye. As the first specifically designed Mail Coach to be used
on a railway, it paved the way for a long-standing relationship between
railways and the mail. In the style of an old horse drawn carriage, our
Royal Mail coach model emulates mail travel from the 1800s. It sports an
L&MR red and black livery. A crew figure (coachman) can be seated at the
back on your layout to keep a watchful eye on the mail. The accessory
bag contains two chain couplings and a coachman figure.