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A fact from London Pneumatic Despatch Company appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 December 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1863 the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos was propelled underground from Holborn to Euston railway station in a parcel capsule to demonstrate the system built by the London Pneumatic Despatch Company?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/December.

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Rail gauge

Two sources are mentioned for gauge 3 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,130 mm): Atmospheric Railways, David and Charles Hadfield, 1967 (can't open that), and {{cite book|title=The Friend|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K8kpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA108%7Cedition=Google eBook|volume=39|year=1866|page=108}}, a contemporary dispatch using more technical data. I think the gauge definition is sourced. -DePiep (talk) 07:44, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The First Sentence

"The London Pneumatic Despatch Company (also known as the London Pneumatic Dispatch Company)" I might be missing something but this seems a little redundant— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.209.5.134 (talk • contribs) 09:23, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Third surviving vehicle

Another is on display at the Mail Rail museum, Phoenix Place, London (unless it's one of the two already mentioned, on loan).--86.153.203.4 (talk) 16:41, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]