World Railways of the Nineteenth Century: A Pictorial History in Victorian Engravings

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JHU Press, 2005 - History - 550 pages
World Railways of the Nineteenth Century invites readers to experience an unparalleled glimpse into the world of nineteenth-century railroading. To complement the extensive text drawn from primary sources as well as popular and scholarly railway literature of the period, Jim Harter has carefully selected more than 860 rare wood engravings from 91 different publications - predominantly American, British, French, and German, and including such periodicals as Railroad Gazette, Street Railway Journal, Harper's Weekly, Illustrated London News, Engineering, The Engineer, and Illustration. Beginning with Great Britain and America, this volume continues on to explore railway history in Continental Europe, the Russian Empire, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Technical topics cover the development of steam locomotion; gauge controversies; passenger and freight service; military railways; mass transit systems; street railways; cable, compressed air, and electrical traction; and train wrecks. text, this volume will delight railroad enthusiasts, historians, world travelers, and students of Victorian technical achievement.
 

Contents

1 British Railways 18001850
1
2 British Railways 18511900
20
3 American Railroads before the Civil War
38
4 American Railroads after the Civil War
52
5 Steam Locomotive Development 18511900
72
6 French and Belgian Railways
137
7 Railways of the German and AustroHungarian Empires
156
8 Railways of the Russian Empire
171
17 Railway Construction and Operations
323
18 Railway Bridges
343
CenterRail Adhesion Cog or Rack Systems and the Great Tunnels
360
20 Military Railways
378
21 Hazards and Difficulties of Rail Travel
399
22 Rail Accidents and Disasters
417
23 Horse Car Tramways
434
24 Atmospheric Pneumatic and Compressed Air Traction Systems
447

9 Other European Railways
184
10 Canadian and Latin American Railways
197
11 Asian Australian and Pacific Railways
219
12 African Railways
238
13 Passenger Service
247
14 Passenger Stations
269
15 Freight and Goods Service
294
16 Railway Signaling
311
Trams Tramway Locomotives and Railcars
461
Inclined Planes Street Railways and Funicular Systems
475
Trolleys Railcars and Locomotives
487
28 Mass Transit Railway Systems
503
29 Monorails and Other Anomalous Modes of Traction
526
Index
545
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