Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland

About this eBook

Author

Tatlow, Joseph, 1851-1929

Credits

This eBook was prepared by Les Bowler

Language

English

LoC Class

HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Subject

Railroads -- Great Britain -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17299

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17299

Release Date

December 13, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
5. 5.CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD
6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY AND “KING HUDSON”
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. FASHIONS AND MANNERS, VICTORIAN DAYS
8. 8.CHAPTER V. EARLY OFFICE LIFE
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. FRIENDSHIP
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. RAILWAY PROGRESS
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. SCOTLAND, GLASGOW LIFE, AND THE CALEDONIAN LINE.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. GENERAL RAILWAY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
13. 13.CHAPTER X. A GENERAL MANAGER AND HIS OFFICE
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE RAILWAY JUBILEE, AND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN OFFICERS AND CLERKS
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. TOM
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. MEN I MET AND FRIENDS I MADE
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. TERMINALS, RATES AND FARES, AND OTHER MATTERS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. FURTHER RAILWAY LEGISLATION
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. BELFAST AND THE COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. BELFAST AND THE COUNTY DOWN—(continued)
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. RAILWAY RATES AND CHARGES, THE BLOCK, THE BRAKE, AND LIGHT RAILWAYS
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. GOLF, THE DIAMOND KING, AND A STEAM-BOAT SERVICE
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. BALLINASLOE FAIR, GALWAY, AND SIR GEORGE FINDLAY
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. A RAILWAY CONTEST, THE PARCEL POST, AND THE BOARD OF TRADE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE “RAILWAY NEWS,” THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS, AND A TRIP TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. TOM ROBERTSON, MORE ABOUT LIGHT RAILWAYS, AND THE INLAND TRANSIT OF CATTLE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION AND CONSTANTINOPLE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. A CONGRESS AT PARIS, THE PROGRESS OF IRISH LINES, EGYPT AND THE NILE
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. KING EDWARD, A CHANGE OF CHAIRMEN, AND MORE RAILWAY LEGISLATION
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. VICE-REGAL COMMISSION ON IRISH RAILWAYS, 1906-1910, AND THE FUTURE OF RAILWAYS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. THE GENERAL MANAGERS’ CONFERENCE, GOODAY’S DINNER, AND DIVERS MATTERS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. FROM MANAGER TO DIRECTOR
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. THE DOMINIONS’ ROYAL COMMISSION, THE RAILWAYS OF THE DOMINIONS AND EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT — External Trade of the Self-Governing Dominions — Natural Resources of the Dominions — Conservation and Development of Natural Resources in the Future — Scientific Research in Relation to the Development of Natural Resources — Migration — Oversea Communications — Telegraphic Communications — Improvement in Commercial Practice
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION
36. 36.INDEX.
37. 37.Footnotes.

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