Victoria - Cygnus
I took the opportunity to photograph all the Pullman carriages in the VSOE/Belmond Orient Express UK set.
Cygnus and Perseus ran in the post war Golden Arrow set which was completed in 1951. These cars can be distinguished from pre-war Pullmans by the shallower passenger windows which lead to a visible cream border top and bottom of each window. They were also built with rectangular toilet windows, but VSOE rebuilt them with oval windows to match with their pre-war cars.
They were both originally ordered in 1938 by the LNER. Construction had not commenced before the war halted work on them, leaving them to be finished after the war.
Victoria - Cygnus
I took the opportunity to photograph all the Pullman carriages in the VSOE/Belmond Orient Express UK set.
Cygnus and Perseus ran in the post war Golden Arrow set which was completed in 1951. These cars can be distinguished from pre-war Pullmans by the shallower passenger windows which lead to a visible cream border top and bottom of each window. They were also built with rectangular toilet windows, but VSOE rebuilt them with oval windows to match with their pre-war cars.
They were both originally ordered in 1938 by the LNER. Construction had not commenced before the war halted work on them, leaving them to be finished after the war.