What was the fastest steam train trip in the world, and why DID Isambard Kingdom Brunel have such an odd name? This week’s Answers to Correspondents delves deep into railway lore with help from Ben Le Vay, author of Britain From the Rails (who insists he is not a trainspotter, just very, very interested in trains). As ever, questions from Daily Mail readers are provided by Charles Legge, editor of the Daily Mail’s long-running Answers to Correspondents column.

<p>What was the fastest steam train trip in the world, and why DID Isambard Kingdom Brunel have such an odd name? This week&rsquo;s Answers to Correspondents delves deep into railway lore with help from Ben Le Vay, author of Britain From the Rails (who insists he is not a trainspotter, just very, very interested in trains). As ever, questions from Daily Mail readers are provided by Charles Legge, editor of the Daily Mail&rsquo;s long-running Answers to Correspondents column.</p>

This new bi-weekly podcast is based on the Daily Mail's long-running Answers to Correspondents page, with writer Charles Legge and other Daily Mail experts answering weird and wonderful reader questions on subjects from sport to science, from history to pop music, from the sensible to the surreal. Each new episode will grapple with questions on a new subject, every other Friday. 

<p>This new bi-weekly podcast is based on the Daily Mail's long-running Answers to Correspondents page, with writer Charles Legge and other Daily Mail experts answering weird and wonderful reader questions on subjects from sport to science, from history to pop music, from the sensible to the surreal. Each new episode will grapple with questions on a new subject, every other Friday.&nbsp;</p>

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