1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (655+ words) The Spectator Treasure Britain's last railway dining car while you still can The 17. 48 from Paddington does not, on first sight, seem exceptional. Over-hard seats, over-bright lights and a scrum at the ticket barriers: none of these is special. The modern…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (126+ words) Gandhi argued that the railways aided not only the consolidation of British rule, but famine, plague and unholiness From the very start, the populace received the railways with tremendous enthusiasm. The opening of the first passenger line in 1853, a 21-mile…...