Tube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotion. Arthur H. Beavan

Tube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotion - Arthur H. Beavan


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       Arthur H. Beavan

      Tube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotion

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066121938

       PREFACE

       INTRODUCTION BY LLEWELLYN PREECE, M.I.E.E.

       Tube, Train, Tram, and Car

       CHAPTER I THE OLD AND THE NEW ORDER OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION

       STEAM—THE OLD ORDER

       ELECTRICITY—THE NEW ORDER

       VARIOUS FORMS OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION

       CHAPTER II SOME PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

       THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY RAILWAY

       THE BRIGHTON BEACH RAILWAY

       THE CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY

       CHAPTER III SOME PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYS (continued)

       A TRIAL TRIP IN THE CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY

       THE WATERLOO AND CITY RAILWAY

       THE LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD ELECTRIC RAILWAY

       CHAPTER IV REMARKABLE ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

       MONO-RAILWAYS

       HIGH-SPEED ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

       THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL ELECTRIC EXPRESS RAILWAY

       CHAPTER V REJUVENATING THE METROPOLITAN INNER CIRCLE

       CONSTRUCTION OF THE METROPOLITAN AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAYS

       THE NEW DISTRICT RAILWAY

       THE NEW METROPOLITAN RAILWAY

       AMERICAN CAPITAL

       CHAPTER VI THE CENTRAL LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY

       HISTORY OF THE RAILWAY AND ITS CITY SUBWAYS

       DESCRIPTION OF THE RAILWAY

       ITS VENTILATION

       ITS ANNUAL SALE OF LOST ARTICLES

       CHAPTER VII THE TUBULAR SYSTEM

       ORIGIN OF THE SYSTEM

       RAILWAY TUBES, HOW THEY ARE BORED

       THE TUBE MOLE AT WORK

       CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE BY TUBING

       VIBRATION

       CHAPTER VIII TOURING IN THE TUBES A SKETCH

       CHAPTER IX LONDON’S TANGLED TUBES

       THE TANGLE

       THE ROYAL COMMISSION

       CHAPTER X LONDON’S LATEST AND LONGEST TUBE

       CHAPTER XI ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS GENERALLY

       HISTORY OF TRAMWAYS

       VARIOUS METHODS OF HAULAGE

       VARIOUS METHODS OF ELECTRIC TRAMWAY TRACTION

       CHAPTER XII LONDON’S TRAMWAYS

       THE L.C.C. AND LONDON’S TRAFFIC

       THE L.C.C. AND REHOUSING

       THE L.C.C.’S TRAMWAY SYSTEM

       THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAMWAY TRACKS

       A BUSINESS JOURNEY BY L.C.C. TRAMS

       LONDON


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