Railways' strangest journeys: curious and colourful journeys from over 150 years of rail travel

A fascinating collection of entertaining stories from as far afield as Europe, 
Indian and America revealing unusual railway journeys across the centuries, 
including ghost trains, vanishing passengers and trains fitted with homing 
pigeons instead of a communication cord! From eccentric lords, who transferred 
their carriages complete with horses and footmen onto the train, to drivers who 
stole garden fencing to keep up a good head of steam. 'Railways Strangest 
Journeys' takes you from the dawn of railway travel when speeds of 15 mph 
were considered blasphemous and damaging to one''s internal organs through 
the Victorian heyday of Royal Trains and seaside specials, right up to the 
present day.