Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

slide by on track to your

there,

the care in the world as you simply lean back.

And before you know it, you're there.

This is how travels should feel,

and on our trains it does.

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Whilst writing wrestling curiosities, I've come across some weird and

wonderful wrestling nuggets of information that whilst I really want to share with you

just weren't enough to talk about for a full episode. So in this the

penultimate edition of this series of wrestling curiosities, I've gathered a few of my favorites.

You could call this The Honorable Engines episode, those times where professional wrestling has

impacted our culture in ways that you probably didn't know.

Make yourself a drink, brace yourself for some really harsh gear changes

as we present short tall tales of wrestling curiosities. We start deep, deep in the jungle. We're about to witness a

pro wrestling encounter between Great Apte, Turcos, and Tarzan.

Tarzan rushed upon the waiting Turkus.

What little advantage the ape had over the man in brute strength was almost balanced by the latter's wonderful quickness and agility.

Scarcely had they fought a dozen seconds.

They were rolling upon the ground, striking, tearing and rending.

Two great savage beasts, battling to death.

Tarzan of the Apes was written by Edgar Rice Burrows and first published in 1912.

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