At the railway station 'tis: "Have a hansom – keb, keb, keb?". Photo by Arthur Hewitt. A group of drivers ham it up for the camera. But in cities large and small arriving train passengers had to run a gauntlet of aggressive touts and drivers who tried to herd them onto rival cabs and buses. Many of these characters were paid by local hotels eager to capture potential guests. Source: Outing magazine, vol. XLIX no. 2, November, 1906, p. 137.