Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Most Religious Railway Car

John Westwod The Colourful World of Steam,  Octopus books 1980
The heavily decorated private railway car belonging to Pope Pious IX (1792 –1878) who used it travel around the Papal States bestowing blessings on his adoring public.
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