WHEN ‘BRITANNIAS’ RULED THE GREAT EASTERN
he first of the British Railways Standard designs was the Class
Queen Adelaide's Carriage the Untold Story
Queen Adelaide (1792-1849) first used a railway carriage at the end of 1839 and in so doing was the first member of the Royal Family to ride on a train.1 The former Queen-Consort used a type of carriage called a ‘railway mail coach’ between 1839 and
