Seven prominent B.B.C. writers and presenters describe their varied and different Railway journeys as follows: India: Deccan by Brian Thompson. South Africa: Zambezi Express by Michael Wood . Australia: The Long Straight by Michael Frayn and Dennis Marks. America: Coast to Coast by Ludovic Kennedy. South America: Three Miles High by Miles Kington. Britain: Confessions of a Trainspotter by Michael Palin. Europe: Changing Trains by Eric Robson. Notes on the contributors and picture credits connclude the text.
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