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 INDEX.

and Mishaps Occurring on Railways, 61

Regulations as to Reporting to Board of Trade, 223

Works, Mode of Authorisation of, 19

Conferred upon the Community by Introduction of Railways, 3

at Stations, Duties of, 15

as a Means of Settling Disputes between Railway Companies, 208

Process of Converting Iron into Steel, Description of, 113

, Various Descriptions of, in use, 85

"Tell-Tale" Apparatus in Connection with, 88

Apparatus, Description of, 88

Mode of Working, 88

Combined Indicator and Bell System, 90

Meetings, Business Transacted at, 13

, Definition of their Powers of Control over the Working of Railways, 223

New Railways Must be Inspected by, 223

Accidents must be Reported to, 223

, Employment of Steel in Manufacture of, 116

, Employment and Training of, 25

, Various Descriptions of in use, 120

Description of automatic Vacuum, 120

Rails, Early Use of, on Great Western Railway, 42

, Goods Station, Description of Construction and Working of, 182

, Steel Under-frames for, 105

Rude Type of, in use Half a Century Ago, 123

Improved Type of. Now in Use, 124

Proportions of Accommodation for Various Classes of Passengers, 125, 252

Abolition of Second-class by Midland Company, 125, 243

London and North-Western Company's Practice of Building their Own Stock, 127

Description of Mode of Building at Wolverton Works, 129

Examination, Greasing, Washing, and Cleaning of, 134

Heating of, 135

Lighting of, 136

Increase in size and weight of, 247

, of 1845, Provisions of, 270

, Mode of Dealing With, at Holyhead, 196

(see also Live Stock)

, Type of, Now in Use, 46

for Arresting Runaway Waggons, 177

Tunnel Railway Scheme of 1833, 9

Trains' Act of 1883, Provisions of. Described, 278

Rails for Crossings, 51