Herschel, Sir John 354
Hertfordshire 340
Heusinger von Waldegg, Edmund 203
Hewison, Christian 377–8, 422–3
Hexham 438
Heysham 413
Heywood, Sir Arthur 541
Hicks, Mrs 176
High Level Bridge 369
high-speed lines 278, 305
High Speed Trains (HSTs) see Inter-City 125s
Higham 155, 159
Highland Railway
dogs 112
Dunrobin 79–80
footwarmers 41
Inverness line 42, 420
prisoner transportation 166
Sunday trains 21
train sheds 485
Highworth 439
Higinbotham, Seraphina 186–7
Hill, David Octavius 491
Hill, Oliver 482
Historical Model Railway Society 544
Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Adams) 45
Hitchcock, Alfred 190
Hoare, Henry 150–1
Hogarth, Georgina 154
Hogwarts Castle 549
Holborn Viaduct 303
Holden, Charles 498
Holderness 350
Holland, Sir Henry 163
Holland 251
Holmes, Daniel Thomas 42
Holyhead 342
Horninglow 529
horse boxes 341
horses 348–9
carriage trucks 83–4
fox hunting 349–52
horse-drawn railways 54–5, 56
manure 344
racehorses 92–3, 348–9
stabling 439, 440
trams 55–6
hotels 477–82
House by the Railway, The (Graves) 322
Household Words (Dickens) 16–17, 140
Howe, Jack 231
Hoy 281
Hoylake 499
HS2 443, 490
Huddersfield 450
Hudson, George 428–9, 469
Huish, Mark 124, 426–8
Hull 89, 478, 487
hump shunting 383–4
Hunstanton 413
Hunt, William Holman 497
hunting 349–52
Huntley & Palmer 347
‘Hurried to Death’ (Haviland) 162–3
Huskisson, William 86, 142, 150, 151, 319
Hutchison v. York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway Co. 390
Hyde 99
hydraulic power 441–3, 442
I
I Know Where I’m Going 252
I Tried to Run a Railway (Fiennes) 454
I-Spy on a Railway Journey 259
Illustrated London News 120, 145, 265, 266, 293
Illustrated Police News 127, 143, 174
Importance of Being Earnest, The (Wilde) 129
In Darkest England (Booth) 376
In Memoriam (Tennyson) 124
In the Year of Jubilee (Gissing) 497
Inconsistencies of Men of Genius (Cole) 262–3
India 182
Indonesia 235
Information, The (Amis) 509
Innocents, The 548
Insall, Donald 506
Institute of Railway Studies 544
Institution of Surveyors 335
insurance 6, 145–7
Intake embankment 355
InterCity 288
Inter-City 125s 4, 182, 221, 229–30, 231–2, 238
interval services 239
Inverkeithing 250
Inverness 79, 249, 420
Inverness & Aberdeen Junction Railway 51
Inverness & Ross-Shire Railway 79
Ipswich 466
Ipswich & Bury Railway 457
Iran 235
Ireland
bookstalls 124–5
Bulleid 215
cattle 342
gauge 262
Irish Mail 19
iron
bridges 367–73
footbridges 449
platform shelters 455
rails 55, 258
train sheds 485–8
tyres 55
Ironbridge 367
Irving, Henry 98
Isidore, Mr 82
Isle of Axholme 419
Isle of Wight 11, 313
Ivybridge Viaduct 366
J
James, Henry 127
Japan 206, 238, 267–8
Japanese knotweed 379–80
Jazz service 199–200
Jennings, John Payne 71
Jennings, Paul 458–9
Jerrold, Blanchard 465
Jerrold, Douglas 145
John, Jonathan 59
Johnson, Fanny 520
Johnston, Edward 498, 500
joint lines 435–6
Jolly Fisherman 496–7
Journal of Public Health and Sanitary Review 162
Journal of Transport History 544–5
Jubilee Line 305, 325
Judy 110
Jumbo 151
K
Kapital (Marx) 10
Kauffer, E. McKnight 498
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
The Railway Children 321, 548
signal boxes 302
stations 463
ticket sales 454
urinals 472, 545
Kellett, John 418, 514
Kensington Olympia 248, 249
Kent 345, 358
Kentish Town 142
Kentish Town Junction 292
keys 259, 259, 282
Kilsby tunnel 339
Kilvert, Rev. Francis 42, 67–8, 110, 117–18
Kineton 251
King’s Cross 500
bookstall 130
coffee 475
fire 111
granary 440–1
hotel 479, 482
Metropolitan Railway 12
Necropolis Railway 101
train shed 486, 486
King’s Lynn 507
Kingston upon Thames 92
Kinks, The 24–5
Kinneir, Richard ‘Jock’ 504
Kinross 459
Kipling, Rudyard 497, 515
Kiss in the Tunnel, The 189, 190
Knebworth 98
Krause, Ian 526
Kugler, Franz 123
Kyan, John Howard 275
kyanising 275
Kyle of Lochalsh 539
L
La Ciotat 189–90
Lady Audley’s Secret (Braddon) 45–6, 109, 126
Ladykillers, The 297
Laidler, Graham 104, 104
Lakenheath 91
Lambert, Constant 224
lamp-men 301
lamps 440
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 435
block working 299
carriages 65, 69–70, 83
control offices 305–6
fish 346
footwarmers 42
hearse vans 100
history of 543
lighting 39
shunters 388
signalmen 308
stations 436
Waterhouse, Edwin 431
workforce deaths and injuries 391
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society 543
Lancaster 137
Lancaster & Carlisle Railway 64–5
Lancet, The 144, 160
Lancing 280
land
around railway lines 374–81
enclosure 340
marshalling yards 382
for railway lines 316–19, 331–3, 381
Landore Viaduct 366
landowners 11, 79–80, 317, 319, 331–3
fox hunting 349–51
Lane, Allen 130
Lane-Fox, George 351
Langport East 449
Lardner, Dionysius 86, 179
Larkin, Philip 253
Last Chronicle of Barset (Trollope) 119
lavatories 49–50
Blue Pullmans 230
carriages 192, 193, 201–6, 211
, 212–13
saloons 81
sleeping cars 241–2
stations 87, 471–3, 545
Law, Thomas 180
Lawrence, D. H. 402
Lawrence, Isabella 180
Lawrence of Arabia 323
Laxfield 419
LBSCR see London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Lea, Mary 148
Lean, David 323, 451
leaves on the line 380–1
Leech, John 162
Leeds 89, 98, 232, 236, 323, 480–1
Leeds & Selby Railway 443
Leeds Hunslet East 410
Lefroy, Arthur 173–4, 174
Leicester 48, 89, 225, 343, 359, 451, 484
Leicester & Swannington Railway 22, 358
Leigh, Chris 463
Leuchars 470
level crossings 142, 329–31, 330, 445, 450
Lewes 322, 511
Lewis, Sinclair 214
Lewisham 20
Leyland National bus 233, 234
libraries 128, 129
Lickey incline 401, 525
light railways 418–19
lighting 33–40, 64, 68, 192
Lincoln 89
lineside 324–8, 374–81
Linlithgow 491
Linton 458, 460
Lion 511
Liskeard 250
Literary Tours in the Highlands and Islands (Holmes) 42
Little Dorrit (Dickens) 15
Liverpool 370
excursion trains 89, 227
football trains 226
horse trams 56
Huskisson goods station 418
line closures 413
Overhead Railway 303, 446
railway hotels 479, 480, 481
signals 304
sleeper trains 247
stone-throwing 323
train shed 485
Liverpool & Manchester Railway 13, 55, 56, 57, 65, 528
carriages 25, 29, 54, 78
excursion trains 88–9, 92
land 333
lighting 33
Lime Street Tunnel 358
lineside 375
Lion 511
Liverpool Road station 444, 445–6
livery 27
newspapers 120
opening 86
Parliamentary trains 74–5
rails 258
Rainhill skew bridge 363
refreshments 47
shares 431
sleepers 260
smoking ban 107
stationmasters 463
stations 445, 458, 485
Sunday trains 94
third class 446
viaducts 361
workers 335
Liverpool Garden Festival 541
Liverpool Lime Street 101, 430, 485, 487
tunnel 358, 370
Liverpool Overhead Railway 303, 446
Liverpool Street 490, 509
hotel 480
suburban lines 199–201
ticket stop 52
livestock 341–2, 440
Livock, John 458
Llandudno 19, 240
Llanfair 466, 467
Llangollen 138
LMS see London, Midland & Scottish Railway
LNER see London & North Eastern Railway
LNWR see London & North Western Railway
loading gauge 32, 215, 266, 267, 313, 440, 446
Locke, Joseph 260, 263, 335, 336
Locomotion 517
locomotives 14
liveries 500, 502, 517
nameplates 540, 550
names 518–20, 540
timing 536
trainspotting 520–7
turf burning 215
see also diesel locomotives; steam locomotives
Locoshed Book (Ian Allan) 3, 522
Lomax, Eric 532
London
bridges and viaducts 13–14, 446
cattle trade 341–2
Crossrail 354
Crystal Palace 97
electrification 313
Flying Scotsman 239–40
gas carriage lighting 35–6
horse trams 56
horse-drawn cabs 348
interval services 239
Midland Railway 68–9
milk 342, 343
Motorail 247–8, 249
newspapers 120–1
railway hotels 479–80, 481
sleeper trains 241, 247, 249, 251
Smithfield Market 343, 441
suburban lines 75, 199–201, 213
theatres 99
time 18–20
trainspotting 525
‘up’ and ‘down’ trains 14
workmen’s trains 75
see also individual stations;
Metropolitan Railway; Metropolitan District Railway
London & Birmingham Railway 11, 239
and Arnold 13
curves 360
Curzon Street station 443
Dent’s death 51–2
heating 40
hotels 478
landowners 331–2
Northampton 11
open wagons 59
prizefight excursions 90–1
and Railway Clearing House 432
refreshment stops 474–5
royal saloon 29
sleepers 260
London & Blackwall Railway 76, 123, 262
London & Brighton Railway 62, 483
London & Croydon Railway 268–9, 270, 271
London & Greenwich Railway 57, 260, 363
London & North Eastern Railway 24
buffet cars 220
Council 312
dining cars 220
freight trains 405
Gill Sans typeface 500–1, 501
laundry 482
locomotives 519, 520
and Mid-Suffolk Light Railway 419
pictures 72
sleeping cars 215, 246
station nameboards 502
tourist stock 214
London & North Western Railway
accident compensation 396
advertising 517
audits 430–1
card sharps 167–8
carriages 29, 68
dining cars 219
embankments 376
footwarmers 41
freight trains 402, 405, 421
hearse vans 100
joint lines 435–6
and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 435
lavatories 202
lighting 34, 39
Liverpool Lime Street 430
livestock 341–2
locomotives 518
luncheon baskets 48
management 426–8
observation saloons 240
prison van 165
railway workers 284–5
royal carriages 210
Runcorn Bridge 374
signals 301–2
station bookstalls 124, 130
theatrical trains 98–9
track 267
train sheds 487
typewriting service 132
welfare measures 400
Windermere 12–13
workers’ houses 400
London & South Western Railway
assaults on women 175–6, 177
carriages 64
damage to seats 224
and Dickens 155
dining cars 218
joint stations 452
lavatories 202
locomotives 525
race sponsorship 93
railway workers 284
royal saloon 87
sight-holes 194
sleeping cars 245
smoking 108, 109
stationmasters 460–1
waiting rooms 470
Windsor 155
London & Southampton Railway
Brassey 335
chess match 294
excursion trains 92
London time 19
Nine Elms 443
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
carriages 546
Clayton Tunnel disaster 142, 159–60
damage to carriages 224
electric trains 313
Epsom 93
family saloon 82
first class 74
fox hunting 352
joint stations 45
locomotives 512
platform canopies 484
Southern Belle 208–9
Waterhouse 431
Westhumble viaduct 364
London, Chatham & Dover Railway 13, 48, 195
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
freight trains 405
hay-cropping 375
hotels 480–2
locomotives 519, 524
management 421–3, 426
rails 274
rolling stock 24
School of Transport 426
sleepers 275
station nameboards 499–500, 502
stationmasters 460
stations 499
London Overground 507
London Passenger Transport Board 318, 499
London, Tilbury & Southend Railway 336, 526
London Transport 257, 499
London Underground
advertising 498, 499, 508
carriages 313
doors 227
electrification 200
first class 78
graffiti 324–5, 327
line-plans 72
Ongar branch 457, 458
platform tickets 466
platforms 447
rails 257, 313
saloons 213
signage 498, 507
signals 302–3, 305
smoking 110, 111
stations 451–2, 498
ticket offices 468
trainspotting 525
Victoria Line 504
Londonderry, Lord 86
Londonderry & Coleraine Railway 357
Loss and Gain (Newman) 14, 31–2
Lough Foyle 357
Loughborough 89, 326, 472
lounge cars 253
Low Gill 320
LSWR see London & South Western Railway
Luddendenfoot 462
luggage
on carriage roof 30–1, 32, 34, 40
guards 51
luggage van 30, 192–3
Pendolinos 238
porters 452
Railway Regulation Act 61
trolleys 508
luncheon baskets 48–9, 49
Lyle’s 347
Lymington 228–9
M
Mabey, Richard 375
McAlpine, Robert 362–3
Macclesfield 94
Macemain & Amstad 455
McKean, Charles 479
McKenna, Frank 537–8
Mackenzie, Compton 111
McLaren, Moray 320
Macmillan, Harold 489, 512
Magazine of Art, The 140
magazines 120, 128–9
Magie du Rail (Hartmann) 533
Maidenhead Bridge 362
mail coaches 18, 26, 112
mail trains 4, 14, 18, 19, 51, 97
Making of the English Working Class, The (Thompson) 337
Malaysia 235
Mallard 1, 519
maltings 340–1
Malton 469
Man from the North, The (Bennett) 402
Man of Property, The (Galsworthy) 14
management 6, 421–3, 426–8
Manchester
Cheshire Lines 37
club carriages 83
Eurostar 251
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