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ACROSS AFRICA BY RAIL
Developing the Mineral Resources of the Congo - 011
ACROSS AUSTRALIA BY TRAIN
Pioneers of an Unparalleled Wilderness - 036
AERIAL MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS By F. A. Talbot
The Method of Alpine Viewing which is Safe, Luxurious, Rapid and Popular - 118
AERIAL RAILWAYS
A Novel Form of Transport for Conveying Goods and Passengers in Mountainous Districts - 109
AMERICAN "COMET"
A Diesel-Electric Express of Remarkable Design - 012
AMERICA'S FIRST TRAINS
Their Origins and Early Developments - 013
ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES
Their Evolution and Advantages - 095
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY
An Attempt to Drive Trains by Air Pressure - 027
AUSTRIA'S RAIL TRANSPORT
Progressive Development in a Mountainous Country - 094
AVOIDING THE AVALANCHE
Some Ingenious Protective Measures Adopted by Swiss Engineers - 083
BELGIUM'S STEEL NETWORK
The Most Concentrated System in the World - 057
BRIGHTON'S ELECTRIC RAILWAY
The First Electric Line in Great Britain - 125
BRITISH DIESEL RAIL COACHES
A Challenge to the Competition of the Road - 127
BRITISH ENTERPRISE IN SOUTH AMERICA
The Activities of Two Important Systems - 088
BRITISH RAILPLANE
Overhead Streamlined Trains - 069
BUILDING THE WORLD’S LOFTIEST BRIDGE By F. A. Talbot
The Central Span of the Fades Viaduct is Higher than the Topmost Point of the Forth Bridge - 116
BURMA'S METRE-GAUGE SYSTEM
Developing the Resources of a Rich Territory - 044
CAPE TOWN-JOHANNESBURG EXPRESS
Through Africa's Gateway into the World's Largest Goldfields - 002
CHANNEL TUNNEL, THE
Ambitious Schemes for a Non-Stop journey from London to Paris - 138
"CHELTENHAM FLYER"
Great Britian's Fastest Start-to-Stop Schedule - 037
CHICAGO'S UNIQUE UNDERGROUND
A Remarkable Urban Transport System - 047
COACHES FOR ROAD OR RAIL
Experimental Services Designed to Speed-up Travel - 137
"COCK O' THE NORTH"
Secrets of One of Britain's Most Famous Locomotives - 079
CONQUEST OF CANADA
How Pioneers thrust the Railway across a Vast Continent - 068
CONQUEST OF THE CLOUDS
How Courageous Engineers fought Snow, Ice and Avalanche - 035
CONTINENTAL LOCOMOTIVES
Evolution of some Powerful European Types - 102
"CORNISH RIVIERA EXPRESS"
A Non-Stop Journey of Over 225 Miles in Four Hours - 017
CROSS-COUNTRY ROUTES
Fast Services that Link Important Centres - 087
CRUISING BY TRAIN
Novel Holiday Fashions have been Introduced by the Railways - 084
DEFYING DEATH VALLEY
The Stupendous Drama of the Men who Drove a Railway Across Fiery Desert Sands - 058
DETECTING RAIL DEFECTS
Remarkable Safety Apparatus that Discovers Invisible Flaws - 107
DEVELOPMENT OF MALAYA, THE
A Line that Brought Prosperity to the Jungle - 178
DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES
The Construction of and Performance Obtained from the Oil Engine - 085
DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES
Economical Traction for Special Services - 181
DOORWAY TO CANADA
Developing a Dominion Along the Steel Highway - 064
DRIVING A LOCOMOTIVE
A Trip on The Footplate at Seventy Miles an Hour - 078
DRIVERLESS SUBWAY TRAINS
Carrying Mails Eighty Feet Below London Streets - 023
DURING THE RUSH HOURS
How the Railways Serve their Regular Passengers - 106
ELECTRIC POWER ON THE GRAND SCALE
The Greatest Suburban Electrification Scheme in the World - 113
ELECTRIC TRACTION
A Vital Developmen in the History of The Railway - 066
ELECTRIFICATION OVERSEAS
Development of Power Schemes in the Dominions - 099
ENGINEERING IN NEW ZEALAND - NORTH ISLAND
The conquest of nature in the Antipodes - 041
ENGINEERING IN NEW ZEALAND - SOUTH ISLAND
Outstanding Achievements in the South Island - 040
EVOLUTION OF COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES
Improvements in Applied Steam Expansion - 043
FAMOUS RAILWAY CENTRES : YORK
The Working of an Important Northern Junction - 141
FESTINIOG RAILWAY
A Remarkable Narrow Gauge Line in North Wales - 015
FLOODS, FIRE AND EARTHQUAKE
The Railway's Unceasing Battle with the Forces of Nature - 090
"FLYING HAMBURGER"
Germany's Contribution to Streamline Design - 033
"FLYING SCOTSMAN"
An Express that has Earned World-wide Renown for Comfort Combined with Speed - 003
FROM BRITTANY TO THE RHINE
Three Great French Trunk Railways - 104
GATEWAY TO BRAZIL
The Trunk Line that Climbs a Precipice - 059
GOLD COAST, THE
A Railway Through the African Jungle - 139
"GOLDEN ARROW"
London's Link with Europe and the Orient - 071
GREAT APENNINE TUNNEL
Engineering Marvels of the Bologna-Florence "Direttissima" Route - 039
GREAT NORTH ROAD OF STEEL
An Epic Story of the Courage and Endurance that built Britain's Highway to Scotland - 014
GREAT ST. GOTHARD
How Switzerland's Wonder-Line Threads its Way through the Alps - 110
GROWTH OF LONDON'S TRANSPORT
Transport for a Great City - 054
HILL LINES OF INDIA
Construction and Operation of Some Steeply Graded Routes - 019
HIMALAYAN LOOP LINE
Remarkable Engineering Devices on an Indian Mountain Railway - 007
HOW ESCALATORS WORK
Speeding Up Modern Passenger Transport - 140
HOW MIGHTY ARE THE "KINGS"
The Evolution and Working of the Great Western Railway's most powerful locomotive "King George V" - 065
INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS
The Operation of Two Small but Remarkable Systems - 105
INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS 2
Important Private Lines in Great Britain - 180
IN NORTHERN AFRICA
The Railways of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria - 052
IRELAND'S RAILWAY SYSTEM
From small beginnings to great achievements - 051
ISLAND RAILWAYS
Self-contained Systems of Unusual Interest - 008
JAPANESE CABLE RAILWAY, A
Climbing to the Summit of Mount Rokko San - 177
LABOUR- AND TIME-SAVING TRACK-LAYER AND ITS WORK By F. A. Talbot
A Wonderful Machine for Laying Railways along Great Distances - 122
LOCOMOTIVE GIANTS - 1 By F. A. Talbot
Showing the Development of the Huge American Locomotives - 119
LOCOMOTIVES OF THE PAST
Photo Album - 021
LOCOMOTIVE SPEED RECORDS
Some Famous Runs of the Past - 070
LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS
The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine - 132
LONDON'S FIRST RAILWAYS
The Forerunners of a Vast Network - 142
MAGIC OF MODERN SIGNALS - 1
New Electrical Devices ensure Safety and Speed - 093
MAGIC OF MODERN SIGNALS - 2
Controlling Speed and Direction of Trains by Electricity - 111
MAGIC OF THE ANDES
Climbing Through the Clouds in South America - 022
MAIN LINES OF BRAZIL
Developing One of the World's Largest Countries - 020
MINIATURE RAILWAYS
The Fascination of Lilliputian Lines at Home and Abroad - 092
MIXED TRAFFIC LOCOMOTIVES
Tender and Tank Engines for Freight and General Service - 075
MODEL RAILWAYS
Extensive Organizations that are Run in Miniature - 128
MODERN LOCOMOTIVES
Some Representative Designs from all over the World - 029
MODERN TRANSPORT IN INDIA
A System that Serves More than 350,000,000 People - 144
NEW AND NOVEL ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVE By F. A. Talbot
An Ingeniously Constructed Engine Which May Mark a New Era in Locomotive Design - 117
NEW YORK'S LIFE-LINE
An All-Freight Service Above City Streets - 030
NIGERIA AND SIERRA LEONE
The Influence of the Railway in West Africa - 130
NORTH AMERICAN RAILROADS
Vast Systems which Span a Continent - 024
"ORIENT EXPRESS"
Across Europe from London to Istambul - 045
OUT TO SEA BY TRAIN
How a Railway was Carried over a Hundred Miles across the Waters of the Mexican Gulf - 053
OVER RIVER AND LAKE
Railways that Span the World's Waterways - 150
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
A Giant System that Operates 30,000 Miles of Track - 009
PERMANENT WAY
Construction and Maintenance of the Railroad - 081
PIONEERING IN NYASALAND
An Important Link with the East African Coast - 179
POLAND'S MAIN LINES
A New Country Creates an Important Railway System - 129
POWER FOR LONDON'S TRANSPORT
A Generating Station for the Supply of Electricity - 006
POWER PRODUCTION IN THE ALPS
Supplying Electricity to the Swiss Lines - 089
RAIL-CARS OF FRANCE
Lightweight Expresses Evolved by French Engineers - 108
RAIL-CARS ON RUBBER TYRES
Modem Methods that Seek to Overcome the Noise Problem - 146
RAILWAY INVASION OF THE GOLD COAST By F. A. Talbot
How the Sekondi-Coomassie Railway was Driven Through the Primeval Forests - 121
RAILROADS OF JAPAN
Steel Highways in the Land of the Rising Sun - 063
RAILROADS OF NORWAY
Bold Engineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun - 145
RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE
Designs That Combine Elegance and Utility - 131
RAILWAYS' DAILY WORK, THE
Widespread Activities of Four Great Companies - 133
RAILWAYS IN THE NILE VALLEY
Train Operation in Modern Egypt - 050
RAILWAYS OF CALEDONIA
The Steel Highway in Beautiful Scotland - 032
RAILWAYS UNDER LONDON
Driving Iron Tubes Far Below the Streets of the Metropolis - 077
RAILWAY TAKES ALL
Special Rolling Stock Must Carry the Strangest Loads - 080
ROLLING STOCK CONSTRUCTION
Special Methods Adopted to Meet Modem Demands - 103
ROMANCE OF A STATION
Some Sidelights on the Many Problems of Administration - 060
ROMANCE OF THE L.N.E.R.
From the World's First Steam Railway to the "Flying Scotsman" - 046
ROMANCE OF THE RAILWAY TICKET
The Story Behind the Slip of Pasteboard - 123
"ROYAL SCOT" ROUTE
The Northward Journey of a Famous British Express - 001
ROYAL TRAINS
The Historical Interest of Special Transport Provided for Royalty - 147
RUSSIA AND SIBERIA
A Century of Progress in Rail Transport - 097
SANTA FE "CHIEF"
A Journey of 2,228 Miles across the United States - 005
SCOTTISH DISTRICT SUBWAY
Glasgow's Unique Underground Railways - 048
SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS
Fascinating Routes Through the Lovely Highlands - 149
SEEN FROM THE TRAIN
The Meaning of Familiar Objects along the Track - 101
SEVERN TUNNEL
One of the Longest Underwater Tunnels in the World - 086
SLIP COACHES
Dividing Express Trains at Speed - 134
SOLVING THE SMOKE PROBLEM
A Novel Aspect of Railway Engine Designing - 153
SOME GERMAN ACHIEVEMENTS
Outstanding Developments in Railway Transport - 126
SORTING GOODS WAGONS
The Fascinating Story of Whitemoor Marshalling Yards, where Goods Wagons are Swiftly and Automatically made up into New Trains - 135
SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTRIFICATION
Progress of Big Power Schemes - 025
SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC
How the Railways Handle Emergencies and Seasonal Crowds - 074
SPEED TRAINS OF BRITAIN
Main Line Stretches Where the Fastest Runs are Made - 055
SPEED TRAINS OF EUROPE
Routes and Records of Some Prominent Continental Expresses - 026
SPEED TRAINS OF NORTH AMERICA
Fifteen Thousand Miles a Day Scheduled at Sixty Miles an Hour - 016
SPENDING MILLIONS TO SAVE MINUTES by F. A. Talbot
Many Great Railways in Different Parts of the World have had to be reconstructed to meet Modern Requirements - 112
STATE LINES OF LATVIA
Growth of a Modem European System - 096
STATIONS AND THEIR STORY
Stopping Places of Unusual Interest - 073
STOPPING THE TRAIN
The Working of the Westinghouse Automatic Air-Brake - 136
STORY OF THE G.W.R.
Over 9,000 Miles of Track Developed in a Century - 010
STORY OF THE L.M.S.
Nation-Wide Ramifications of Britain's Largest System - 031
STORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE - 1
A Fascinating Record of Railway Engine Progress over a Century - 082
STORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE - 2
The Development of the Railway Engine after the Rainhill Trials - 114
STORY OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
London's Link with the South Coast - 056
TANK ENGINES
Design and Development of the Railway "Maids-of-all-Work" - 154
"TAURUS EXPRESS"
A Romantic Journey through Asia Minor - 100
TELESCOPIC DOUBLE-LIFT BRIDGE By F. A. Talbot
An Ingenious Engineering Development to Cope with Railway, Shipping and Vehicular Traffic - 120
TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE
How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved - 062
THREE JOINT RAILWAYS
Combined Enterprises in the East, North-West, and South of England - 038
THROUGH DESERT AND JUNGLE
From the Nile to Mombasa - 061
THROUGH THE OLD YORK MUSEUM
A Fascinating Record of More than a Century of Railway Progress - 151
TICKET AND CHANGE MACHINES
Mechanical Aids that Speed-up Travel - 152
TRACK'S HEAVY ARTILLERY, THE
Necessity has Forced Invention to Overcome Forbidding Obstacles of Nature - 148
"TRAIN FERRIES"
Some Remarkable Examples of Trans-ocean Transport - 034
"TRANS-CANADA LIMITED"
Across Prairie and Mountain Ranges—from Montreal to Vancouver - 098
"TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS"
From Europe to the Far East by the World's most Cosmopolitan Train - 091
TRAVELLING BY TRAIN IN CHINA
Notable Rail Developments in the Far East - 076
TRAVELLING POST OFFICES
Handling His Majesty's Mails at Seventy Miles an Hour - 049
TRAVEL IN AUSTRALIA
Southern Systems of a Vast Continent - 072
TUNNELLING AGAINST TIME
The Wonderful Story of America's Eight-Mile Tunnel through the Cascade Mountains - 004
"ULSTER EXPRESS"
Royal Mail Service between London and Northern Ireland - 067
UNCONVENTIONAL LOCOMOTIVES
Some Notable Examples of Unorthodox Construction - 124
UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD LINES
Important Railways which Serve Foreign Cities - 018
UNION PACIFIC STREAMLINED EXPRESS
Flying on land from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast - 028
VACUUM AUTOMATIC BRAKE, THE
Stopping Trains by Atmospheric Pressure - 143
WHEN RAILWAYS WERE NEW
The Struggle Against Prejudice and Superstition - 042
WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS RAILWAY By F. A. Talbot
How the London and North Western Line Was Founded and has Developed - 115
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