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Book of The Railway by G.E. Mitton Hard Cover 1909 Fold out map
The Book of The Railway by G.E. Mitton
Hard Cover
368 pages
Copyright 1909
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I. AT A LEVEL CROSSING----I
II. THE PRIZE ENGINE -----I I
III. OPEN-AIR TRAVELLING----26
IV. THE MAKING OF A RAILWAY--- 42
V. OUR PRINCIPAL RAILWAYS ----59
VI. THE GENERAL COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF-- 88
VII. THE STORY OF A TICKET, TOLD BY ITSELF- I05
VIII. THE CLEARING-HOUSE---- 121
IX. OUR SAFETY LIES IN SIGNALS--- 125
X. EXPERIMENTS AND INVENTIONS --- 145
XI. COLOURED THREADS---- 171
XII. THE LIVING ENGINE---- 178
XIII. THE MAN AT THE WHEEL ---- 204
XIV. TRAVELLING IN LUXURY--233
XV. A GUARD AND HIS DUTIES ---- 253
XVI. THREE THOUSAND MEALS IN A DAY-- 259
XVII. FISHING FOR LETTERS---- 269
XVIII. ROUND THE CLOCK AT KING'S CROSS-- 280
XIX. FROM EVERYWHERE TO EVERYWHERE-- 2J3
XX. A RAILWAY RACE----- 310
XXI. FOG AND SNOW----- 318
XXII. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS --- 328
XXIII. WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON A JOURNEY-- 349
IT is quite dark, and there is a damp wind whispering about our ears as we trudge home through the mud, you and I. The way seems long, because the wind keeps bothering both of us, flicking at coat and mackintosh and threatening to carry our hats away every now and then in a wilder gust than usual. It is a relief when we come to the white gates that guard the railway crossing and have to stop there for a minute, finding them shut. There is no way of getting through unless we climb them, for even the signalman, whom we see moving about in his box high overhead, could not open them while his signals are down, for gates and signals are interlocked. So we stand there in the whispering night with only the yellow gleam from the cabin to break the darkness around ; nostay-there is another light away down the line, a green one, a beautiful clear green like a steady, un-winking cat's eye.
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