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294, Mode of Settling Disputed Liability for, as Between Railway Companies, 21O

Against Railway Companies for Loss or non-Delivery of Goods; Mode of Assessing Damages, 276

Against Railway Companies for Delay in Conveying Passengers; Mode of Assessing Damages, 281

of Passenger Traffic—Relation of to each other, 239

of Merchandise Traffic, 205, 256

, Consumption of, by Engines, 255

, Composition and Functions of, 12

, Rights and Duties of, 267

, Practice of reserving for Passengers, 249

, Means of Avoiding Extreme, 207

When Pushed to an Extremity not to the Advantage of the Public, 209

Pressure of as affecting Railway Companies, 259

of Troops in the Event of Invasion by Means of the Railway System, 284

of Officers, Constitution and Functions of, 15

of Railway Companies to Agree upon Rates and Fares, 207

Notes, Utility of, 188

, disadvantages of as compared with English Railways, 259

, Description of, 108

Traffic with Ireland, Mode of Conducting, 194

and Points, 51

, Super-Elevation of Outer Rails on, 53

and Claims Committee, Functions of, 13

of the Country, Importance of Railways Considered in Relation to, 283

of Goods to a Carrier, what constitutes, 268

by a Carrier, what Constitutes, 274

Locks for Points, 75

, Qualification and Functions of, 12

Signals for Sidings, 69

Signals, 68

Officers, Duties of, 14

of Traffic in Percentages between Railway Companies, 208

in Mileage Proportions of a Through Route, 212

of Permanent Way, System of, 49

of Lines on Crowded Railways, 152

Waggon Works, Description of, 146

of the various classes of Passengers, 243, 256

Signal Repeaters, 93

Locks for Protecting Sidings, 94

Lighting of Carriages, 139

' Liability Act, 32

Drivers, Selection and Training of, 28

Diagrams for Regulating Working of Trains, 151

Head Lights, Distinctive, 157

, Primitive Type of, in Use on Earlier Railways, 98

Early Difficulties, Experienced with regard to, 101

Trial of, at Rainhill, in 1829, 101

Various Types of, in Use at Present Time, 101

Webb's Compound, Description of, 102

Advantages of Webb's Compound, 103