railway quotes

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; They charmed it with smiles and soap.

-Dodgson
  TheHuntingof theSnark,'Fit the Fifth: TheBeaver's Lesson'.

She sounded likethe bookof Revelations read out overa railway station public-address system bya headmistress of a certain age wearing calico knickers.

- CliveVivian Leopold James
  Of Margaret Thatcher. In the Observer.

The First World War had begunimposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age.

- A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) Taylor
  The FirstWorldWar, ch.1.

   A populous railway town of hideous brick shops and habitations.

-James Thorne
  Of Redhill, Surrey. Handbook to the Environs of London.

I turned to Aunt Agatha, whose demeanour was now rather likethat of one who, picking daisies on therailway, hasjustcaughtthe down expressinthesmall oftheback.

-Plum
  The InimitableJeeves, ch.4.