Railway History Pillows

'The Overthrow of the Erie Ring'

"You can't blow up that safe here - this is the quiet car."

'You may now turn over your paper and begin.' - 'Sir!' - 'Yes?' - 'What is it?' - 'I think Train 'A' and Train 'B' might be going to crash!'

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."

"Excuse me, I think you'll find I've reserved that luggage rack space ..."

Replacement Bus Spotters.

A trevor of trainspotters

'Have you been waiting long?'

'This Mouse is going to be huge!'

Latest Railway Marvel.

"'COST: shedloads, COMPLETION DATE: God knows.' Perhaps you'd care to flesh out some details for us."

'Trains traditionally run late, it rains on bank holidays and Yorkshire pudding is a main course.'

Rail travel - the environmental alternative (that sometimes doesn't allow bikes)

Run from the hills!

HS2

"Honesty, I saw a train yesterday"

"Is this the Canterbury Train?"

An Appreciation

'We don't keep cash on the premises.'

S**t Creek Halt

The Train to Nowhere

"We've been working all the live-long fiscal year to get these numbers up, but I'm afraid some of us are working just to pass the time away."

"Politicians can't make the trains run on time but they never miss the gravy train."

An old gentleman speaking with a shoeblack at a train station

A train's dining car is a diner.

HS2 time bomb...

'You can see the excuses in the news now, it will be 'The wrong sort of rain'!'

An argument between a passenger and a train porter.

L.A. Transfer

Coupler Counselling

'Arrivals and Departures - this railroad governed by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle'

Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

'I know it's harrowing and distressing, but please Mr. Benson, tell me again about your daily train journey to work.'

Railway 'King' George Hudson

What Holds the Subway Together?