The photograph is part of a set commissioned by the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Company of Birmingham who constructed the Pullman car for Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, operators of railway sleepers and dining cars in Europe, including the Orient Express. The carriage was photographed in Harwich, prior to transportation to the Continent.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Plater, Alfred George: Bedford Lemere And Company
Rail Transport