The Archive · 1939

Million-Miler

Min. David G. Young, of Bridge of Allan

Stirlingshire, holds the Scottish record for passenger travel by rail, For fifty years and thirty weel he has travelled to and from Glasgow six days a week, fifty weeks a year, Bridge of Allan is 33 miles from Glasgow, so that makes a yearly mileage of 19,800—and a grand total of 1,101,880 miles. And he never once missed his train.

"Is this a world record" asks Bridge of Allan stationmaster, You'll have to travel far to beat it.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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