The Great Race

I have always thought that the epic race between Bertie the Bus and Thomas the Tank Engine, so graphically described by the Rev. W. Audry , deserves to be ranked in world literature alongside the terrible struggle between Achilles and Hector outside the gates of Troy. I personally have always believed that if Bertie had not most unfortunately ploughed into a group of bystanders, thereby losing precious seconds, he would have won the race.

As it is, his place in history is secure as the first driverless bus.