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ОглавлениеSIR ISAAC NEWTON’S PREDICTION OF RAILWAY SPEED.
THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILROAD ANTICIPATED.
RAILWAY FROM MERSTHAM TO WANDSWORTH.
CUVIER’S DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.
OPENING OF THE DARLINGTON AND STOCKTON RAILWAY.
CALCULATION AS TO RAILWAY SPEED.
DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN MAKING RAILWAY SURVEYS.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
MRS. BLACKBURNE’S PRESENTIMENT.
ELEVATED SIGHT-SEERS WISHING TO DESCEND.
AN EARLY RIDE ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
CRABB ROBINSON’S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY.
EARLY AMERICAN RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN OPPOSITION.
SIR ASTLEY COOPER’S OPPOSITION TO THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
EVIDENCE OF A GENERAL SALESMAN.
A NAVVY’S REASON FOR NOT GOING TO CHURCH.
A RIDE FROM BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE IN 1835.
PREJUDICE AGAINST CARRYING COALS BY RAILWAYS.
AN EPITAPH ON THE VICTIM OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
ORIGIN OF COOK’S RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.
GIGANTIC POWER OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.
NOVEL NOTICE TO DEFAULTING SHAREHOLDERS.
THE VERSAILLES ACCIDENT IN 1842.
RIVAL CONTRACTORS AND THE BLOTTING PAD.
AN EXPENSIVE PARLIAMENTARY BILL.
SIR MORTON PETO’S RAILWAY MISSION.
EXTRAORDINARY USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
VERY NICE TO BE A RAILWAY ENGINEER.
THE TWO DUKES AND THE TRAVELLER.
PARODY UPON THE RAILWAY MANIA.
RAILWAY FACILITIES FOR BUSINESS.
THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT’S REPLY TO WORDSWORTH’S PROTEST.
LOUIS PHILIPPE AND THE ENGLISH NAVVIES.
ADVANTAGES OF RAILWAY-TUNNELS.
LIABILITIES OF RAILWAY ENGINEERS FOR THEIR ERRORS.
A RESIDENT ENGINEER AND SCIENTIFIC WITNESS.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A RAILWAY JUNCTION.
A CHASE AFTER A RUNAWAY ENGINE.
HIGHLANDER AND A RAILWAY ENGINE.
EXTRACTS FROM MACREADY’S DIARIES.
IMPROVEMENT IN THIRD-CLASS TRAVELLING.
LIFE UPON THE RAILWAY, BY A CONDUCTOR.
A COUNTY COURT JUDGE’S FEELING AGAINST RAILWAYS.
NARROW ESCAPES FROM BEING LYNCHED.
THE FIRST RAILWAY IN THE CRIMEA.
COURTING ON A RAILWAY THIRTY MILES AN HOUR.
IMMENSE FRAUD ON THE GREAT-NORTHERN RAILWAY.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—SINGULAR ACTION.
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.
HARSH TREATMENT OF A MAN OF COLOUR.
AMERICAN PATIENCE AND IMPERTURBABILITY.
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.
LIABILITY OF COMPANIES FOR DELAY OF TRAINS.
“DOWN BRAKES,” OR FORCE OF HABIT.
GEORGE STEPHENSON’S WEDDING PRESENT.
COACH VERSUS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
BAVARIAN GUARDS AND BAVARIAN BEER.
THE RAILWAY SWITCH-TENDER AND HIS CHILD.
A MADMAN IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
A TRAIN STOPPED BY CATERPILLARS.
SEIZURE OF A RAILWAY TRAIN FOR DEBT.
MONETARY DIFFICULTIES IN SPAIN.
A CARLIST CHIEF AS A SUB-CONTRACTOR.
RAILWAY DESTROYERS IN THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.
MARRIAGE AND RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.
THE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.
ENGINE DRIVERS’ PRESENCE OF MIND.
SNOWED UP ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.
A WIDOW’S CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
COOL IMPUDENCE AND DISHONESTY.
THE BOOKING-CLERK AND BUCKLAND.
FLUTTER CAUSED BY THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS.
A GREENLANDER’S FIRST RAILWAY RIDE.
PHOTOGRAPHING AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
MR. FRANK BUCKLAND AND HIS BOOTS.
DRINKING FROM THE WRONG BOTTLE.
MR. BRASSEY’S STRICT ADHERENCE TO HIS WORD.
THE SAFEST SEAT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
CLAIM FOR GOODWILL FOR COW KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.
TOUTING FOR BUSINESS AND FRAUDS.
AN OLD SCOTCH LADY ON THE LOSS OF HER BOX.
AWFUL DEATH ON A RAILROAD BRIDGE.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF BALLOONISTS.
A MEXICAN CHIEF’S RAILWAY IMPRESSIONS.
EFFECTS OF CONSTANT RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON ON GEORGE STEPHENSON.
