Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are the best ways of getting a man to his ultimate destination.


In Daily Telegraph 22 March 1997, obituary

Another version was found in Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006), p. 33: Both own a great deal of Gothic-style architecture, which is expensive to maintain; both are assailed by critics, and both are firmly convinced that they are the best means of getting man to his ultimate destination

Often quoted, more or less extensively, and probably said by him on more than one occasion, this is the most comprehensive version found; Trains Magazine, reporting his death, June 1997

Wilbert Awdry Quotes

Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are the best ways of getting a man to his ultimate destination.

Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are the best ways of getting a man to his ultimate destination.

Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are the best ways of getting a man to his ultimate destination.

Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are the best ways of getting a man to his ultimate destination.