Tube, Train, Tram and Car

About this eBook

Author

Beavan, Arthur H. (Arthur Henry), 1844-1907

Title

Tube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotion

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TF: Technology: Railroad engineering and operation

Subject

Street-railroads -- England -- London

Category

Text

eBook-No.

55793

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55793

Release Date

October 22, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TUBE, TRAIN, TRAM, AND CAR OR UP-TO-DATE LOCOMOTION
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.INTRODUCTION BY LLEWELLYN PREECE, M.I.E.E.
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Tube, Train, Tram, and Car
6. 6.CHAPTER I THE OLD AND THE NEW ORDER OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION — STEAM—THE OLD ORDER — ELECTRICITY—THE NEW ORDER — VARIOUS FORMS OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION
7. 7.CHAPTER II SOME PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYS — THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY RAILWAY — THE BRIGHTON BEACH RAILWAY — THE CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY
8. 8.CHAPTER III SOME PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYS ( continued ) — A TRIAL TRIP IN THE CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY — THE WATERLOO AND CITY RAILWAY — THE LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD ELECTRIC RAILWAY
9. 9.CHAPTER IV REMARKABLE ELECTRIC RAILWAYS — MONO-RAILWAYS — HIGH-SPEED ELECTRIC RAILWAYS — THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL ELECTRIC EXPRESS RAILWAY
10. 10.CHAPTER V REJUVENATING THE METROPOLITAN INNER CIRCLE — CONSTRUCTION OF THE METROPOLITAN AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAYS — THE NEW DISTRICT RAILWAY — THE NEW METROPOLITAN RAILWAY — AMERICAN CAPITAL
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE CENTRAL LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY — HISTORY OF THE RAILWAY AND ITS CITY SUBWAYS — DESCRIPTION OF THE RAILWAY — ITS VENTILATION — ITS ANNUAL SALE OF LOST ARTICLES
12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE TUBULAR SYSTEM — ORIGIN OF THE SYSTEM — RAILWAY TUBES, HOW THEY ARE BORED — THE TUBE MOLE AT WORK — CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE BY TUBING — VIBRATION
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII TOURING IN THE TUBES A SKETCH
14. 14.CHAPTER IX LONDON’S TANGLED TUBES — THE TANGLE — THE ROYAL COMMISSION
15. 15.CHAPTER X LONDON’S LATEST AND LONGEST TUBE
16. 16.CHAPTER XI ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS GENERALLY — HISTORY OF TRAMWAYS — VARIOUS METHODS OF HAULAGE — VARIOUS METHODS OF ELECTRIC TRAMWAY TRACTION
17. 17.CHAPTER XII LONDON’S TRAMWAYS — THE L.C.C. AND LONDON’S TRAFFIC — THE L.C.C. AND REHOUSING — THE L.C.C.’S TRAMWAY SYSTEM — THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAMWAY TRACKS — A BUSINESS JOURNEY BY L.C.C. TRAMS — LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS COMPANY
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII PROVINCIAL TRAMWAYS — THE LIGHT RAILWAYS ACT OF 1896 — MUNICIPAL TRAMWAY UNDERTAKINGS — THE GLASGOW TRAMWAYS — THE LIVERPOOL TRAMWAYS — THE MANCHESTER TRAMWAYS — THE BIRMINGHAM TRAMWAYS — PROVINCIAL RURAL TRAMWAYS — MANUFACTURING CENTRES—GREAT BRITAIN — THE BLACK COUNTRY AND THE POTTERIES — THE NEW ORDER OF RURAL TRAMWAYS — LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND RURAL TRAMWAYS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV THE SHALLOW UNDERGROUND SYSTEM — IN LONDON — PARIS — BUDA-PESTH — BOSTON — NEW YORK
20. 20.CHAPTER XV HORSELESS VEHICLES—ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE — PRIVATE MOTOR-CARS — PUBLIC CONVEYANCES
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI HORSELESS VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE (continued) — MOTOR-CARS IN WARFARE — MOTORS IN AGRICULTURE — MERCANTILE MOTORS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII HORSELESS VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE ( continued ) — SPEED OF MOTOR-CARS — MOTOR-CARS AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII ELECTRICITY APPLIED TO NAVIGATION (A FORECAST) — DEVELOPMENT IN SIZE OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS — ELECTRIC STORAGE AS A MOTIVE POWER — THE “PRINCESS IDA” IN THE YEAR A.D. 19—
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX SOME ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION DRAWBACKS — THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE — ELECTRIC RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND BREAKDOWNS — MEDICAL OBJECTIONS TO TUBE TRAVELLING
25. 25.CHAPTER XX SOME ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION DRAWBACKS (continued) — TRAMWAY ACCIDENTS — ELECTRIC SHOCKS — MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENTS — THE GENERAL VERDICT
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION AND OUR NATIONAL LIFE — HOW IT AFFECTS EXISTING RAILWAYS — THE IMPROVEMENT OF STREET TRAFFIC — ITS SOCIAL RESULTS — THE EFFECT ON OVERCROWDING
27. 27.INDEX

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