Chipperfield Circus elephants being loaded onto a British Railways vehicle at St Botolph station, to be used in the film Cleopatra, 28 September 1961. Railway workers were used to transporting animals, although they mainly dealt with livestock being taken to markets! In the 1960s the numbers of animals being transported by rail was in decline due to competition from the roads.

Picture Reference: 10443261
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Inventory No.: 1995-7233_LIVST_PM_184
Credit: National Railway Museum

Keywords: Br, British Railways, Clothing, Clothes, England, Europe, Man-made, Man Made, Railway Freight, Station Sign, Uk, Uniform, United Kingdom