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Night Mail
Overview
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.
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Cast
Arthur Clark
Engineer
John Grierson
Commentary
Stuart Legg
Commentary
Robert Rae
Senior Driver - LMS Railway
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