HansomBack to Carriages

What Sherlock Holmes was always hailing - the Victorian taxi cab. A hansom cab was a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse where the driver sat behind the cab and the reins passed over the top. This left the driver out in the sun, rain and snow, but the passenger stayed dry in the closed cab. The hansom was a sturdy, well balanced vehicle that proved very useful for getting around in large cities.