England after 1920

The picture on the front of this post card was taken after 1920. This is the first of my blogs after 2020. To this end I wish each you reading this a Happy and HEALTHY New Year. The locomotive on the front of this post card is from England. It is an Atlantic-type (4-4-2) steam locomotive that belonged to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Although the first Atlantic-type locomotive

first appeared in England in 1880, the picture on this post card has to be from after 1921. That is at least 40 years in which the Atlantic-type locomotives provide service to the English railways. There were two versions of the Atlantic-type: on was called the tank locomotive and the other the tender locomotive. The tank locomotive carries the water (and perhaps some oil) on board while the tender locomotive is pulling a car built specially for this function (it has at times been called a coal car). In Canada, starting on September 6, 1918, the Canadian National Railway was formed out of many railway companies that were floundering. The London and North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.)was formed in a similar manner in England through the Railways Act of 1921. The act brought together the Great Eastern Railway, the Great Central Railway, the Great Northern Railway, the Great North of Scotland Railway, the Hull and Barnsley Railway, the North British Railway and the North Eastern Railway. Their combined mileage came to 10,600 kilometers and covered most of England and Scotland. The LNER became part of the British Railways when it was all nationalized in 1948. The back of the post card reminds me that this is part of a collection that I

purchased. Each card has the same handwriting in the same black ink with details about the picture on the front. It also clues me in that this is a real photo post card. It was published by Railway Photographs. When I looked at their address: 23 Hanover Street in Liverpool, England, I did not see an operating business at this location. They were, however, very close to the shore of the River Mersey and the Royal Albert Dock.