'We could hear the railway from my childhood home, even if we couldn't see it for the smoke and fug ...'

This is the story of the boy who rode the railways. Stuart Samuel's first love is train travel. His early adventures are on the lines around Halifax, riding in the driver's cab. Later, adulthood takes a turn towards a career as a parish priest, and he returns to his beloved Yorkshire. But life as a young curate in Golcar is never short of surprises ...

A warm and humorous story of the boy who rode the Yorkshire railways

Praise for Stuart Samuel: 'Very entertaining and well written' -- 'I also love those older trains ... I am glad I read this book'