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Various. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes: Extending over More Than Fifty Years
Railway Adventures and Anecdotes: Extending over More Than Fifty Years
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ORIGIN OF RAILWAYS
WAY-LEAVES
SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S PREDICTION OF RAILWAY SPEED
THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILROAD ANTICIPATED
EARLY STEAM CARRIAGES
FIRST RAILWAY BILL
RAILWAY FROM MERSTHAM TO WANDSWORTH
RAILWAY ANNOUNCEMENT
MERTHYR TYDVIL RAILWAY
AN AFFRIGHTED TOLL-KEEPER
AN EARLY RAILWAY
SHREWD OBSERVERS
CUVIER’S DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE
A RAILWAY PROJECTOR
OPENING OF THE DARLINGTON AND STOCKTON RAILWAY
EARLY RAILWAY COMPETITION
CALCULATION AS TO RAILWAY SPEED
ALARMIST VIEWS
PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION
SPEED OF RAILWAY ENGINES
DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN MAKING RAILWAY SURVEYS
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
MRS. BLACKBURNE’S PRESENTIMENT
ELEVATED SIGHT-SEERS WISHING TO DESCEND
THE DUKE’S CARRIAGE
LORD BROUGHAM’S SPEECH
AN EARLY RIDE ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
EARLY RAILWAY TRAVELLING
CRABB ROBINSON’S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY
EARLY AMERICAN RAILWAY ENTERPRISE
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN OPPOSITION
AN UNPLEASANT TRIAL TRIP
PROGNOSTICATIONS OF FAILURE
SIR ASTLEY COOPER’S OPPOSITION TO THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
OPPOSITION TO MAKING SURVEYS
SANITARY OBJECTIONS
ELEVATED RAILWAYS
EVIDENCE OF A GENERAL SALESMAN
THE ANXIOUS HAIR-DRESSER
SHARP PRACTICE
A NAVVY’S REASON FOR NOT GOING TO CHURCH
SNAKES’ HEADS
PREJUDICE REMOVED
A RIDE FROM BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE IN 1835
APPEALING TO THE CLERGY
AIR-WAYS INSTEAD OF RAILWAYS
PREJUDICE AGAINST CARRYING COALS BY RAILWAYS
AN EPITAPH ON THE VICTIM OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT
AN ENGINE-DRIVER’S EPITAPH
TRAFFIC-TAKING
MONEY LOST AND FOUND
ORIGIN OF COOK’S RAILWAY EXCURSIONS
THE DEODAND
AN UNFORTUNATE DISCUSSION
DOG TICKET
THE ELECTRIC CONSTABLE
RUNAWAY MATCH
A RAILWAY ROMANCE
GIGANTIC POWER OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES
NOVEL NOTICE TO DEFAULTING SHAREHOLDERS
A QUICK DECISION
THE VERSAILLES ACCIDENT IN 1842
AN AMATEUR SIGNALMAN
STEAM WHISTLE
EXEMPTION FROM ACCIDENTS
RIVAL CONTRACTORS AND THE BLOTTING PAD
RAILWAY LEGISLATION
AN EXPENSIVE PARLIAMENTARY BILL
THE RECTOR AND HIS PIG
SIR MORTON PETO’S RAILWAY MISSION
CLEVER CAPTURE
COMPENSATION FOR LAND
A LANDOWNER’S OPPOSITION
PICTURE EVIDENCE
EXTRAORDINARY USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
LOST LUGGAGE
VERY NICE TO BE A RAILWAY ENGINEER
AN ACCOMMODATING CONTRACTOR
THE TWO DUKES AND THE TRAVELLER
THE GREAT RAILWAY MANIA DAY
PARODY UPON THE RAILWAY MANIA
RAILWAY FACILITIES FOR BUSINESS
RAILWAYS AND THE POST-OFFICE
RAILWAY SIGNALS
FOG-SIGNALS
“ALMOST DAR NOW.”
WORDSWORTH’S PROTEST
THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT’S REPLY TO WORDSWORTH’S PROTEST
REMARKABLE ADVERTISEMENT
RAILWAY EPIGRAM
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE
LOUIS PHILIPPE AND THE ENGLISH NAVVIES
ADVANTAGES OF RAILWAY-TUNNELS
DAMAGES EASILY ADJUSTED
LIABILITIES OF RAILWAY ENGINEERS FOR THEIR ERRORS
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE
HIS PORTMANTEAU
GROWTH OF STATION BOOKSHOPS
MESSRS. SMITHS’ BOOKSTALLS
A RESIDENT ENGINEER AND SCIENTIFIC WITNESS
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A RAILWAY JUNCTION
GOODS’ COMPETITION
A POLITE REQUEST
A CHASE AFTER A RUNAWAY ENGINE
STEAM DEFINED
IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL
A QUICK WAY
HIGHLANDER AND A RAILWAY ENGINE
EXTRACTS FROM MACREADY’S DIARIES
FREAKS OF CONCEALED BOGS
A RAILWAY MARRIAGE
ATTEMPTED FRAUDS
A BRIDE’S LOST LUGGAGE
THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS
IMPROVEMENT IN THIRD-CLASS TRAVELLING
A GREAT DISCOVERY
A DREADED EVIL
REMARKABLE ADVENTURE
SAFETY ON THE FLOOR
LIFE UPON THE RAILWAY, BY A CONDUCTOR
A COUNTY COURT JUDGE’S FEELING AGAINST RAILWAYS
RAILWAY TICKETS
TAKEN ABACK
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
NARROW ESCAPES FROM BEING LYNCHED
CURIOUS NOTICE
OBTAINING INFORMATION
THE GOAT AND THE RAILWAY
THE FIRST RAILWAY IN THE CRIMEA
THE BALACLAVA RAILWAY
PASSENGERS AND OTHER CATTLE
EXPANSION OF RAILS
A SMART REJOINDER
COURTING ON A RAILWAY THIRTY MILES AN HOUR
THE MERCHANT AND HIS CLERK
REMARKABLE WILL
IMMENSE FRAUD ON THE GREAT-NORTHERN RAILWAY
A LOST TICKET
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—SINGULAR ACTION
A CATASTROPHE
WEDDING AT A RAILWAY STATION
ENGINE FASCINATION
COMPETITION FOR PASSENGERS
ACCIDENT HOAX
A’PENNY A MILE
SINGULAR FREAK
A.B.C. AND D.E.F
NATIONAL CONTRAST
REMARKABLE ACCIDENT
ENGINEERING LOAN, OR STAKING OUT A RAILWAY
MR. FRANK BUCKLAND’S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY
SCENE BEFORE A SUB-COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS. petitioning against a railway bill, 1846
AN IDEA ON RAILWAYS
BURNING THE ROAD CLEAR
HARSH TREATMENT OF A MAN OF COLOUR
QUITE TOO CLEVER
A DIFFICULTY SOLVED
AN EXACTING LADY
AMERICAN PATIENCE AND IMPERTURBABILITY
A WIDE-AWAKE CONDUCTOR
A KID-GLOVED SAMSON
A RAILWAY TRAIN TURNED INTO A MAN-TRAP
THE RULING OCCUPATION STRONG ON SUNDAY
THE GOOD THINGS OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT
AN EARLY MORNING RIDE TO THE RAILWAY STATION
CHEAP FARES
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
REPROOF FOR SWEARING
THE BULLY RIGHTLY SERVED
LIABILITY OF COMPANIES FOR DELAY OF TRAINS
THE DYING ENGINE DRIVER
“DOWN BRAKES,” OR FORCE OF HABIT
TRENT STATION
STEEL RAILS
CURIOUS CASUALTY
GEORGE STEPHENSON’S WEDDING PRESENT
THE POLITE IRISHMAN
AN ENTERTAINING COMPANION
NOVEL ATTACK
WOLVES ON A RAILWAY
ARTEMUS WARD’S SUGGESTION
COACH VERSUS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
BAVARIAN GUARDS AND BAVARIAN BEER
THE RAILWAY SWITCH-TENDER AND HIS CHILD
VERY COOL
THE BLACK REDSTART
STOPPING A RUNAWAY COUPLE
A MADMAN IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
INSURED
A NEW TRICK
A TRAIN STOPPED BY CATERPILLARS
TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA
AN ARMY WITH BANNERS
SEIZURE OF A RAILWAY TRAIN FOR DEBT
A KANGAROO ATTACKING A TRAIN
SHE TAKES FITS
SNAGS’ CORNERS
A NEWSPAPER WONDER
MONETARY DIFFICULTIES IN SPAIN
A CARLIST CHIEF AS A SUB-CONTRACTOR
HOW TO BEAR LOSSES
RAILROAD INCIDENT
NOVEL OBSTRUCTION
BABY LAW
RAILROAD TRACKLAYER
A GROWING LAD
FORGED TICKETS
A YANKEE COMPENSATION CASE
ABERGELE ACCIDENT
RAILWAY DESTROYERS IN THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR
FRIGHTENED AT A RED LIGHT
THE DECOY TRUNK
DRIVING A LAST SPIKE
MARRIAGE AND RAILWAY DIVIDENDS
SECURITY FOR TRAVELLING
THE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
ENGINE DRIVING
ENGINE DRIVERS’ PRESENCE OF MIND
A SMUGGLING LOCOMOTIVE
THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY
AN INSULTED WOMAN
DISSATISFIED PASSENGERS
COPY OF A NOTICE
SNOWED UP ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY
A SELL
AT FAULT
A WIDOW’S CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION
THE LADY AND HER LAP-DOG
WHAT IS PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE?
CONVERSION OF THE GAUGE
FOURTH-OF-JULY FACTS
TAY BRIDGE ACCIDENT
AN EXTRAORDINARY WAIF
A RAILWAY SLEEPER
NOT TO BE CAUGHT
THE DOCTOR AND THE OFFICERS
THE BOTHERED QUEEN’S COUNSEL
A BRAVE ENGINE DRIVER
AN INDUSTRIOUS BISHOP
COOL IMPUDENCE AND DISHONESTY
THE BOOKING-CLERK AND BUCKLAND
REMARKABLE RESCUE OF A CHILD
FEMALE FRAGILITY
TAKING HIM DOWN A PEG
A REMARKABLE NOTICE
FLUTTER CAUSED BY THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS
AN EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER
A CURIOUS RACE
A GREENLANDER’S FIRST RAILWAY RIDE
A NOVEL ACTION
A KISS IN THE DARK
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S SUGGESTION
AN AMUSING INCIDENT
A LITTLE BOY’S COOLNESS
PHOTOGRAPHING AN EXPRESS TRAIN
NERVOUSNESS
A PROFITABLE RAILWAY
THE POLITE BRAHMIN
MR. FRANK BUCKLAND AND HIS BOOTS
DRINKING FROM THE WRONG BOTTLE
HORSES VERSUS RAILWAYS
A SLIGHT MISTAKE
EXPENSIVE CONTRACTS
MR. BRASSEY’S STRICT ADHERENCE TO HIS WORD
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT
REMARKABLE MEMORY FOR SOUNDS
A DISINGENUOUS BISHOP
DROPPING THE LETTER “L.”
THE SAFEST SEAT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
RAILWAYS A JUDGMENT
CLAIM FOR GOODWILL FOR COW KILLED ON THE RAILWAY
THE INSURANCE AGENT
TOUTING FOR BUSINESS AND FRAUDS
HEROISM OF A DRIVER
IT’S CROYDON
YOUR TICKET
AN OLD SCOTCH LADY ON THE LOSS OF HER BOX
RAILWAY MANNERS
A BRAVE GIRL
SHUT UP IN A LARGE BOX
AWFUL DEATH ON A RAILROAD BRIDGE
THAT ACCURSED DRINK
RAILWAY UP VESUVIUS
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF BALLOONISTS
PULLING A TOOTH BY STEAM
A HEAVY SLEEPER
A MAD ENGINE-DRIVER
A MEXICAN CHIEF’S RAILWAY IMPRESSIONS
MY ORDERS
LUGGAGE IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES
EFFECTS OF CONSTANT RAILWAY TRAVELLING
AN ELECTRIC TRAMWAY INCIDENT
DUTY IN DISGUISE
THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON ON GEORGE STEPHENSON
THE STEPHENSON CENTENARY
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES
LOSS OF TASTE
INGENIOUS SWINDLING
DANGEROUS LUGGAGE
STUMPED
EXCURSIONISTS PUT TO THE PROOF
A MONKEY SIGNALMAN
A CURIOUS CLASSIFICATION
PULLMAN’S CARRIAGES
PROFITABLE DAMAGES
RAILWAY ENTERPRISE
