RAILWAY ADVENTURES AND ANECDOTES: extending over more than fifty years.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ORIGIN OF RAILWAYS

WAY-LEAVES.

SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S PREDICTION OF RAILWAY SPEED.

THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILROAD ANTICIPATED.

EARLY STEAM CARRIAGES.

FIRST RAILWAY BILL.

RAILWAY FROM MERSTHAM TO WANDSWORTH.

RAILWAY ANNOUNCEMENT.

MERTHYR TYDVIL RAILWAY.

AN AFFRIGHTED TOLL-KEEPER.

AN EARLY RAILWAY.

SHREWD OBSERVERS.

CUVIER’S DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.

A RAILWAY PROJECTOR.

OPENING OF THE DARLINGTON AND STOCKTON RAILWAY.

EARLY RAILWAY COMPETITION.

CALCULATION AS TO RAILWAY SPEED.

ALARMIST VIEWS.

PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION.

SPEED OF RAILWAY ENGINES.

DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN MAKING RAILWAY SURVEYS.

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.

MRS. BLACKBURNE’S PRESENTIMENT.

ELEVATED SIGHT-SEERS WISHING TO DESCEND.

THE DUKE’S CARRIAGE.

LORD BROUGHAM’S SPEECH.

AN EARLY RIDE ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.

EARLY RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

CRABB ROBINSON’S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY.

EARLY AMERICAN RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN OPPOSITION.

AN UNPLEASANT TRIAL TRIP.

PROGNOSTICATIONS OF FAILURE.

SIR ASTLEY COOPER’S OPPOSITION TO THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.

OPPOSITION TO MAKING SURVEYS.

SANITARY OBJECTIONS.

ELEVATED RAILWAYS.

EVIDENCE OF A GENERAL SALESMAN.

THE ANXIOUS HAIR-DRESSER.

SHARP PRACTICE.

A NAVVY’S REASON FOR NOT GOING TO CHURCH.

SNAKES’ HEADS.

PREJUDICE REMOVED.

A RIDE FROM BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE IN 1835.

APPEALING TO THE CLERGY.

AIR-WAYS INSTEAD OF RAILWAYS.

PREJUDICE AGAINST CARRYING COALS BY RAILWAYS.

AN EPITAPH ON THE VICTIM OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

AN ENGINE-DRIVER’S EPITAPH.

TRAFFIC-TAKING.

MONEY LOST AND FOUND.

ORIGIN OF COOK’S RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.

THE DEODAND.

AN UNFORTUNATE DISCUSSION.

DOG TICKET.

THE ELECTRIC CONSTABLE.

RUNAWAY MATCH.

A RAILWAY ROMANCE.

GIGANTIC POWER OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.

NOVEL NOTICE TO DEFAULTING SHAREHOLDERS.

A QUICK DECISION.

THE VERSAILLES ACCIDENT IN 1842.

AN AMATEUR SIGNALMAN.

STEAM WHISTLE.

EXEMPTION FROM ACCIDENTS.

RIVAL CONTRACTORS AND THE BLOTTING PAD.

RAILWAY LEGISLATION.

AN EXPENSIVE PARLIAMENTARY BILL.

THE RECTOR AND HIS PIG.

SIR MORTON PETO’S RAILWAY MISSION.

CLEVER CAPTURE.

COMPENSATION FOR LAND.

A LANDOWNER’S OPPOSITION.

PICTURE EVIDENCE.

EXTRAORDINARY USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

LOST LUGGAGE.

VERY NICE TO BE A RAILWAY ENGINEER.

AN ACCOMMODATING CONTRACTOR.

THE TWO DUKES AND THE TRAVELLER.

THE GREAT RAILWAY MANIA DAY.

PARODY UPON THE RAILWAY MANIA.

RAILWAY FACILITIES FOR BUSINESS.

RAILWAYS AND THE POST-OFFICE.

RAILWAY SIGNALS.

FOG-SIGNALS.

“ALMOST DAR NOW.”

WORDSWORTH’S PROTEST.

THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT’S REPLY TO WORDSWORTH’S PROTEST.

REMARKABLE ADVERTISEMENT.

RAILWAY EPIGRAM.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.

LOUIS PHILIPPE AND THE ENGLISH NAVVIES.

ADVANTAGES OF RAILWAY-TUNNELS.

DAMAGES EASILY ADJUSTED.

LIABILITIES OF RAILWAY ENGINEERS FOR THEIR ERRORS.

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.

HIS PORTMANTEAU.

GROWTH OF STATION BOOKSHOPS.

MESSRS. SMITHS’ BOOKSTALLS.

A RESIDENT ENGINEER AND SCIENTIFIC WITNESS.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A RAILWAY JUNCTION.

GOODS’ COMPETITION.

A POLITE REQUEST.

A CHASE AFTER A RUNAWAY ENGINE.

STEAM DEFINED.

IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.

A QUICK WAY.

HIGHLANDER AND A RAILWAY ENGINE.

EXTRACTS FROM MACREADY’S DIARIES.

FREAKS OF CONCEALED BOGS.

A RAILWAY MARRIAGE.

ATTEMPTED FRAUDS.

A BRIDE’S LOST LUGGAGE.

THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS.

IMPROVEMENT IN THIRD-CLASS TRAVELLING.

A GREAT DISCOVERY.

A DREADED EVIL.

REMARKABLE ADVENTURE.

SAFETY ON THE FLOOR.

LIFE UPON THE RAILWAY, BY A CONDUCTOR.

A COUNTY COURT JUDGE’S FEELING AGAINST RAILWAYS.

RAILWAY TICKETS.

TAKEN ABACK.

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.

NARROW ESCAPES FROM BEING LYNCHED.

CURIOUS NOTICE.

OBTAINING INFORMATION.

THE GOAT AND THE RAILWAY.

THE FIRST RAILWAY IN THE CRIMEA.

THE BALACLAVA RAILWAY.

PASSENGERS AND OTHER CATTLE.

EXPANSION OF RAILS.

A SMART REJOINDER.

COURTING ON A RAILWAY THIRTY MILES AN HOUR.

THE MERCHANT AND HIS CLERK.

REMARKABLE WILL.

IMMENSE FRAUD ON THE GREAT-NORTHERN RAILWAY.

A LOST TICKET.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—SINGULAR ACTION.

A CATASTROPHE.

WEDDING AT A RAILWAY STATION.

ENGINE FASCINATION.

COMPETITION FOR PASSENGERS.

ACCIDENT HOAX.

A’PENNY A MILE.

SINGULAR FREAK.

A.B.C. AND D.E.F.

NATIONAL CONTRAST.

REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.

ENGINEERING LOAN, OR STAKING OUT A RAILWAY.

MR. FRANK BUCKLAND’S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY.

SCENE BEFORE A SUB-COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS. petitioning against a railway bill, 1846.

AN IDEA ON RAILWAYS.

BURNING THE ROAD CLEAR.

HARSH TREATMENT OF A MAN OF COLOUR.

QUITE TOO CLEVER

A DIFFICULTY SOLVED.

AN EXACTING LADY.

AMERICAN PATIENCE AND IMPERTURBABILITY.

A WIDE-AWAKE CONDUCTOR.

A KID-GLOVED SAMSON.

A RAILWAY TRAIN TURNED INTO A MAN-TRAP.

THE RULING OCCUPATION STRONG ON SUNDAY.

THE GOOD THINGS OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

AN EARLY MORNING RIDE TO THE RAILWAY STATION.

CHEAP FARES.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

REPROOF FOR SWEARING.

THE BULLY RIGHTLY SERVED.

LIABILITY OF COMPANIES FOR DELAY OF TRAINS.

THE DYING ENGINE DRIVER.

“DOWN BRAKES,” OR FORCE OF HABIT.

TRENT STATION.

STEEL RAILS.

CURIOUS CASUALTY.

GEORGE STEPHENSON’S WEDDING PRESENT.

THE POLITE IRISHMAN.

AN ENTERTAINING COMPANION.

NOVEL ATTACK.

WOLVES ON A RAILWAY.

ARTEMUS WARD’S SUGGESTION.

COACH VERSUS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

BAVARIAN GUARDS AND BAVARIAN BEER.

THE RAILWAY SWITCH-TENDER AND HIS CHILD.

VERY COOL.

THE BLACK REDSTART.

STOPPING A RUNAWAY COUPLE.

A MADMAN IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

INSURED.

A NEW TRICK.

A TRAIN STOPPED BY CATERPILLARS.

TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA.

AN ARMY WITH BANNERS.

SEIZURE OF A RAILWAY TRAIN FOR DEBT.

A KANGAROO ATTACKING A TRAIN.

SHE TAKES FITS.

SNAGS’ CORNERS.

A NEWSPAPER WONDER.

MONETARY DIFFICULTIES IN SPAIN.

A CARLIST CHIEF AS A SUB-CONTRACTOR.

HOW TO BEAR LOSSES.

RAILROAD INCIDENT.

NOVEL OBSTRUCTION.

BABY LAW.

RAILROAD TRACKLAYER.

A GROWING LAD.

FORGED TICKETS.

A YANKEE COMPENSATION CASE.

ABERGELE ACCIDENT.

RAILWAY DESTROYERS IN THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.

FRIGHTENED AT A RED LIGHT.

THE DECOY TRUNK.

DRIVING A LAST SPIKE.

MARRIAGE AND RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.

SECURITY FOR TRAVELLING.

THE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.

ENGINE DRIVING.

ENGINE DRIVERS’ PRESENCE OF MIND.

A SMUGGLING LOCOMOTIVE.

THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY.

AN INSULTED WOMAN.

DISSATISFIED PASSENGERS.

COPY OF A NOTICE.

SNOWED UP ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.

A SELL.

AT FAULT.

A WIDOW’S CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.

THE LADY AND HER LAP-DOG.

WHAT IS PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE?

CONVERSION OF THE GAUGE.

FOURTH-OF-JULY FACTS.

TAY BRIDGE ACCIDENT.

AN EXTRAORDINARY WAIF.

A RAILWAY SLEEPER.

NOT TO BE CAUGHT.

THE DOCTOR AND THE OFFICERS.

THE BOTHERED QUEEN’S COUNSEL.

A BRAVE ENGINE DRIVER.

AN INDUSTRIOUS BISHOP.

COOL IMPUDENCE AND DISHONESTY.

THE BOOKING-CLERK AND BUCKLAND.

REMARKABLE RESCUE OF A CHILD.

FEMALE FRAGILITY.

TAKING HIM DOWN A PEG.

A REMARKABLE NOTICE.

FLUTTER CAUSED BY THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS.

AN EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER.

A CURIOUS RACE.

A GREENLANDER’S FIRST RAILWAY RIDE.

A NOVEL ACTION.

A KISS IN THE DARK.

THE GRAVEDIGGER’S SUGGESTION.

AN AMUSING INCIDENT.

A LITTLE BOY’S COOLNESS.

PHOTOGRAPHING AN EXPRESS TRAIN.

NERVOUSNESS.

A PROFITABLE RAILWAY.

THE POLITE BRAHMIN.

MR. FRANK BUCKLAND AND HIS BOOTS.

DRINKING FROM THE WRONG BOTTLE.

HORSES VERSUS RAILWAYS.

A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

EXPENSIVE CONTRACTS.

MR. BRASSEY’S STRICT ADHERENCE TO HIS WORD.

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.

REMARKABLE MEMORY FOR SOUNDS.

A DISINGENUOUS BISHOP.

DROPPING THE LETTER “L.”

THE SAFEST SEAT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

RAILWAYS A JUDGMENT.

CLAIM FOR GOODWILL FOR COW KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

THE INSURANCE AGENT.

TOUTING FOR BUSINESS AND FRAUDS.

HEROISM OF A DRIVER.

IT’S CROYDON.

YOUR TICKET.

AN OLD SCOTCH LADY ON THE LOSS OF HER BOX.

RAILWAY MANNERS.

A BRAVE GIRL.

SHUT UP IN A LARGE BOX.

AWFUL DEATH ON A RAILROAD BRIDGE.

THAT ACCURSED DRINK.

RAILWAY UP VESUVIUS.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF BALLOONISTS.

PULLING A TOOTH BY STEAM.

A HEAVY SLEEPER.

A MAD ENGINE-DRIVER.

A MEXICAN CHIEF’S RAILWAY IMPRESSIONS.

MY ORDERS.

LUGGAGE IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.

EFFECTS OF CONSTANT RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

AN ELECTRIC TRAMWAY INCIDENT.

DUTY IN DISGUISE.

THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON ON GEORGE STEPHENSON.

THE STEPHENSON CENTENARY.

REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES.

LOSS OF TASTE.

INGENIOUS SWINDLING.

DANGEROUS LUGGAGE.

STUMPED.

EXCURSIONISTS PUT TO THE PROOF.

A MONKEY SIGNALMAN.

A CURIOUS CLASSIFICATION.

PULLMAN’S CARRIAGES.

PROFITABLE DAMAGES.

RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.