Queen’s Railway Journey.
The late Queen’s first railway journey was from Windsor to Paddington on the Great Western line. The Master of the Horse, whoso business it was to provide for tbe Queen’s ordinary journeys by road, was much put out by this innovation. He marched into the station several hours before the start to inspect the engine, as he would have examined a steed ; but greater merriment was occasioned by the Queen’s Coachman, who insisted that, as a matter of form, be ought to maid* believe to drive the engine. After some dispute he was told that be might climb on to the pilot engine, which was to proceed the Hoyal train, and the good fellow actually did this ; but his scarlet livery, white gloves, and wig suffered so much from soot and sparks that he made no more fuss about his rights in after trips.
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Manawatu Herald, 25 November 1902, Page 3
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147Queen’s Railway Journey. Manawatu Herald, 25 November 1902, Page 3
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