Railway Carriages in the British Isles: From 1830 to 1914Detailed account for the specialist. |
Contents
Primitives page | 13 |
Upper Classes and Lower Orders | 27 |
The Dawn of Luxury | 44 |
Copyright | |
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9 ft American arrangement berths body bogies brake brake-third Brighton Brighton and South British railway broad-gauge built central centres century clerestory clerestory roof composite corridor train David Bain decorated diners dining car doors early East Coast Eastern eight-wheelers electric engine family saloon first-class first-class compartments four four-wheel Furness Railway gangway gauge handsome headstocks inside height kitchen lamps later lavatory lighting locomotive London and North luggage main-line Manchester Metropolitan middle Midland Railway motor North British North British Railway North Eastern Railway North Western Northern Northern Railway ordinary pair panels partitions passengers PLATE Pullman cars quarterlights Queen rail railway carriage royal saloon royal train saloon seats second-class side corridor six-wheeled sleeper sleeping carriage sleeping cars sort South Western Railway standard steam style third tons travelling twelve-wheelers underframes vehicles ventilators vestibules Victorian Western Railway wheelbase wheels wide width wooden