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TUBE, TRAIN, TRAM, AND CAR OR UP-TO-DATE LOCOMOTION

PREFACE INTRODUCTION BY LLEWELLYN PREECE, M.I.E.E. CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Tube, Train, Tram, and Car

CHAPTER I THE OLD AND THE NEW ORDER OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION

STEAM—THE OLD ORDER ELECTRICITY—THE NEW ORDER VARIOUS FORMS OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION

CHAPTER II SOME PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY RAILWAY THE BRIGHTON BEACH RAILWAY THE CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY

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

CHAPTER IV REMARKABLE ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

MONO-RAILWAYS HIGH-SPEED ELECTRIC RAILWAYS THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL ELECTRIC EXPRESS RAILWAY

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

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

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

CHAPTER VIII TOURING IN THE TUBES A SKETCH CHAPTER IX LONDON’S TANGLED TUBES

THE TANGLE THE ROYAL COMMISSION

CHAPTER X LONDON’S LATEST AND LONGEST TUBE CHAPTER XI ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS GENERALLY

HISTORY OF TRAMWAYS VARIOUS METHODS OF HAULAGE VARIOUS METHODS OF ELECTRIC TRAMWAY TRACTION

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

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

CHAPTER XIV THE SHALLOW UNDERGROUND SYSTEM

IN LONDON PARIS BUDA-PESTH BOSTON NEW YORK

CHAPTER XV HORSELESS VEHICLES—ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE

PRIVATE MOTOR-CARS PUBLIC CONVEYANCES

CHAPTER XVI HORSELESS VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE (continued)

MOTOR-CARS IN WARFARE MOTORS IN AGRICULTURE MERCANTILE MOTORS

CHAPTER XVII HORSELESS VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE (continued)

SPEED OF MOTOR-CARS MOTOR-CARS AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS

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—

CHAPTER XIX SOME ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION DRAWBACKS

THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE ELECTRIC RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND BREAKDOWNS MEDICAL OBJECTIONS TO TUBE TRAVELLING

CHAPTER XX SOME ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION DRAWBACKS (continued)

TRAMWAY ACCIDENTS ELECTRIC SHOCKS MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENTS THE GENERAL VERDICT

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

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