This book accompanies the BBC TV series. Seven intrepid individuals set out on entertaining & unusual railway expeditions. Alexei Sayle travels from Aleppo to Aqaba; Benedict Allen from Mombasa to the Mountains of the Moon; Victoria Wood from Crewe to Crewe via Scotland; Chris Bonington, across Canada: Halifax to Vancouver; Buck Henry from the Andes to Patagonia in Argentina; Rachael Heaton-Armstrong & Ben Okri from London to Arkadia; & Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from Great Zimbabwe to Kalimatinde. All the travelers bring an original & often witty eye to their experiences. The photos capture the spirit & the mood of these memorable journeys.