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Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland, by Joseph Tatlow
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD
CHAPTER III. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY AND “KING HUDSON”
CHAPTER IV. FASHIONS AND MANNERS, VICTORIAN DAYS
CHAPTER V. EARLY OFFICE LIFE
CHAPTER VI. FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER VII. RAILWAY PROGRESS
CHAPTER VIII. SCOTLAND, GLASGOW LIFE, AND THE CALEDONIAN LINE.
CHAPTER IX. GENERAL RAILWAY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER X. A GENERAL MANAGER AND HIS OFFICE
CHAPTER XI. THE RAILWAY JUBILEE, AND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN OFFICERS AND CLERKS
CHAPTER XII. TOM
CHAPTER XIII. MEN I MET AND FRIENDS I MADE
CHAPTER XIV. TERMINALS, RATES AND FARES, AND OTHER MATTERS
CHAPTER XV. FURTHER RAILWAY LEGISLATION
CHAPTER XVI. BELFAST AND THE COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY
CHAPTER XVII. BELFAST AND THE COUNTY DOWN—(continued)
CHAPTER XVIII. RAILWAY RATES AND CHARGES, THE BLOCK, THE BRAKE, AND LIGHT RAILWAYS
CHAPTER XIX. GOLF, THE DIAMOND KING, AND A STEAM-BOAT SERVICE
CHAPTER XX. THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND
CHAPTER XXI. BALLINASLOE FAIR, GALWAY, AND SIR GEORGE FINDLAY
CHAPTER XXII. A RAILWAY CONTEST, THE PARCEL POST, AND THE BOARD OF TRADE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE “RAILWAY NEWS,” THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS, AND A TRIP TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
CHAPTER XXIV. TOM ROBERTSON, MORE ABOUT LIGHT RAILWAYS, AND THE INLAND TRANSIT OF CATTLE
CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION AND CONSTANTINOPLE
CHAPTER XXVI. A CONGRESS AT PARIS, THE PROGRESS OF IRISH LINES, EGYPT AND THE NILE
CHAPTER XXVII. KING EDWARD, A CHANGE OF CHAIRMEN, AND MORE RAILWAY LEGISLATION
CHAPTER XXVIII. VICE-REGAL COMMISSION ON IRISH RAILWAYS, 1906-1910, AND THE FUTURE OF RAILWAYS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE GENERAL MANAGERS’ CONFERENCE, GOODAY’S DINNER, AND DIVERS MATTERS
CHAPTER XXX. FROM MANAGER TO DIRECTOR
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
CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION
INDEX.
Footnotes.
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