<p>Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon?<br>How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel?<br>Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners?<br>Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers ? and more! ? in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.</p>...