Lost on train: ladies' underwear and a toddler

[John Ashworth]

From an interview with a Train Care Charge Hand (ie senior cleaner) in RAIL, 668, April 20-May 3 2011, pp 74-75

We come across some funny things that get left behind on the trains; we've found Christmas presents, bikes, pushchairs, car keys, credit cards, passports, musical instruments - you name it. On the more unusual side we've found ladies' underwear and even a toddler, whose parents somehow managed to get off the train without him. Luckily they were reunited almost immediately as they realised their mistake pretty quickly!