TALES OF THE TRAINS:

BEING SOME CHAPTERS OF RAILROAD ROMANCE

By Tilbury Tramp, Queen’s Messenger.

Bang, bang, bang!
Shake, shiver, and throb;
The sound of our feet Is the piston’s beat,
And the opening valve our sob!


Contents

[ INTRODUCTION. ] [ THE COUPÉ OF THE NORTH MIDLAND ] [ THE WHITE LACE BONNET ] [ FAST ASLEEP AND WIDE AWAKE ] [ THE EARLY TRAIN TO VERSAILLES. ] [ THE TUNNEL OF TRÜBAU. ]