London Brighton and South Coast Railway Luggage Labels
Isle of Wight Specific Labels
| by Mike
Morant |
| The final standard size label style covered on this page is the so-called 'red cross' type exclusively from mainland LBSCR stations to Isle of Wight destinations andhis type is designated L46. The L46's are subdivided into three types and although three labels are displayed hereunder only two of those types are shown as the third has so far eluded the author. Southern afficianados should note that there is something of a coincidence with the red cross genre as the LSWR, on a much smaller scale, adopted the same style for just a few of its labels from the same era and it was continued for many years after grouping on the Southern Railway. |
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This a fine example of a 'red cross' label and most
surviving examples have retained their brilliant white surface.
This type, with no stock no. on it, is designated type L46/1. |
| The blank destination label, also of the L46/1 type, reproduced here lists all the stations on the Ryde to Ventnor line plus Bembridge although Ryde is listed generically with the inscription 'all stations' |  |
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The example shown here seems at first sight to be the same as the one shown at the top of the page but has the addition of the (34 I.W.) stock number which suggests that it is a contempory of the green labels shown on the previous page. This is known as type L46/2. |
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This page was created 23 November 2007
