This carriage also ends up on an impressive set of steps... those belonging to the United States Capitol.
The carriage-pole ends in a phoenix-head, and the carriage is drawn by four horses.
Like wearing a short skirt or daring to drink alcohol on a night out, boarding the mixed-gender tube carriage could end up added to the depressing list of things women do that mean they're "asking for it".
After a trip to the US, Ludwig Lohner, the owner of that firm, became convinced that the age of the horse and carriage was ending, and he asked Ferdinand Porsche to come up with an electric drive train.
It was also the end of an era, with freight trains having their guards vans and guards abolished from 1985, and the carriage of livestock ended in 1986.
Oreo may be dreaming of greener pastures, but some animal rights groups expressed concern that many carriage horses ultimately end up in slaughterhouses.
If the stables were sold and then closed, the carriage horses could end up homeless, and their owners could go out of business.
Despite these important food safety policies and standards, every year tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of animals are routinely given prohibited substances; racehorses, show horses and carriage horses regularly end up as meat intended for human consumption imported into the E.U.
I have bowed to their nocturnal duet, in a mocked-up Central Park, many times before, and thrilled to the swinging pleats of Cyd's white skirt and the unambiguous post-coital haze in her eyes, as she takes her seat in the carriage at the end (watch how Fred hands her up, and in).
Roads in central London were closed off for the rehearsal of Tuesday's carriage procession, which ended at 06:00 BST.
