British Railways

Famous quotes containing the words british and/or railways:

“Gorgonised me from head to foot,
With a stony British stare.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

“There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)