Railway Club 515
Railway Club Journal 297–8
railway companies 425, 518
advertising 496–7
amalgamations 434–5
delivery vehicles 410, 410
directors 198–9, 425–6, 427
finances 417–24, 427–31
freight 409–11, 416–17
Grouping 24, 72
hotels 477–82
joint lines and stations 435–6
land 316–19, 374
managers 426–8
Railway Clearing House 431–4, 434
rates of carriage 409, 417, 419–21, 421, 423
responsibility for accidents 144–5, 390–1, 395–6
safety measures 392–3
shares 431
wagons 403
welfare measures 399–400
see also British Railways; individual
companies; train operating companies
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 521
Railway Economy (Lardner) 86, 179
Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act 1900 392
railway enthusiasm 6, 514–15, 517–18, 531–2
collectables 538–40
histories 543–4
model railways 540–3
photography 532–4
preserved railways 511–14, 545–50
Railway Magazine 515, 516, 517
sound recordings 534–6, 535
train timing 536
trainspotting 1–3, 520–31
workers’ memoirs 536–8, 544–5
Railway Journey, The (Schivelbusch) 118
railway lines 5
block working 297–300, 298, 304, 305, 310, 543
boardwalks 448
bridges 361, 363–5, 364, 365–74
closures 413–14
construction 9, 10–11, 19, 63, 427–8
contractors 335–6, 337, 338
curves 360
cuttings and embankments 352–60, 380
double 405
electrification 39, 200, 227, 229, 267, 312–15, 380, 450
engineers 333–4, 335
fences 376, 378
footbridges 331, 448–50, 449, 452
hedges 376
joint companies 435–6
land 316–19, 331–3
level crossings 329–31, 330, 445
light railways 418–19
lineside 374–81
navvies 336–40
occupation and accommodation crossings 329
pedestrian crossings 329, 331
retaining walls 359–60
signals 291–4, 295–300, 301–5
subways 450–1
surveyors 333–5
telegraph 293–5
viaducts 360, 361–3, 364, 365–7, 366, 372–3
see also stations; track
Railway Magazine 514, 515, 516, 517, 527, 528
carriage straps 30
fold-up seats 203–4
platform tickets 466–7
‘Practice & Performance’ 536
smoking 110–11
theatrical trains 98
toy trains 540
train names 239
Railway Mania 10, 121, 428, 431
railway modelling 540–3
Railway Navvies, The (Coleman) 336–9
Railway Passengers Assurance Company (RPAC) 145–7
Railway Record 224
Railway Regulation Act 1840 61
Railway Regulation Act 1844 60, 61–2, 63
Railway Regulation Act 1889 199
Railway Service, The (Mills) 143
Railway Service Gazette, The 391
Railway Station, The (Frith) 31
railway stations see stations
railway time 18–21
Railway Times 9
Railway Traveller’s Handy Book, The (Shelton)
accidents 147, 149
assaults 171
buying tickets 464
conversation 114, 118
railway rugs 45
reading 118
refreshment stops 475
refreshments 47, 223
seat-marking 105
travelling bags 46
travelling caps 46
railway workers 311–12, 397, 399, 400, 437
autobiographies 544–5
crime prevention 171
crossing-keepers 331
deaths and injuries 320, 391, 393–4, 399–400
engine drivers 176–7, 291, 398–9, 400, 401, 528, 536–8
firemen 44, 308, 398–9, 536, 537
gangers 2, 282–3, 335, 393
high-visibility clothing 286–7
houses 400
lamp-men 301
memoirs 536–8, 544–5
navvies 336–40
pensions 394
pilotmen 299
platelayers 282–3, 284–7, 375, 377, 378, 393
policemen 85, 291, 319, 445
porters 180, 182, 308, 452, 457, 492–3, 508
preserved railways 512, 547–8, 549
Pullman cars 207
refreshment room staff 476, 477
safety 286–7, 389–93, 393, 395–6
shunters 387–8, 388, 389–90, 393, 398
signalmen 158–9, 291, 297, 301–2, 307–12, 321
stationmasters 394, 445, 456–7, 458–9, 460–3
strikes 396–7
track maintenance 282–3, 284–7
trade unions 312, 391–2, 396, 397, 399
and trainspotters 527
uniforms 397–8
working hours 394–6, 397, 398
see also guards
Railway World 24, 37, 513, 514, 533
Railwaymen, The 527
‘Rain, Steam and Speed’ (Turner) 362
Rainbow service 199–200
Rainhill skew bridge 363
‘Rajah’s Diamond, The’ (Stevenson) 242
Rannoch Moor 320
Ransome-Wallis, Patrick 537
Ratcliffe-on-Soar 415
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway 541
RCH see Railway Clearing House
Reach, Angus B. 62
Read, Herbert 504
Reading 347, 394, 448, 35, 118–28, 137, 139
Red for Danger (Rolt) 142
Red Hall 445
Red Star parcels service 508
Redbridge 275
Redmile 469
Redpath, Lionel 429–30
refreshments 46–8
buffet cars 219–20, 221, 223
dining cars 192, 193, 209–10, 216–19, 219, 220, 221–3
luncheon baskets 48–9, 49
refreshment stops 46, 47, 473, 474–5
sleeper trains 253
at stations 48, 473–7
Tavern Cars 216–17
refrigeration 343
Regional Railways 288
Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 262, 263, 271
Regulation of Railways Act 1868 90, 92, 109, 195, 196, 201, 430
Reisz, Karel 402, 534
Rennie, John 361
request stations 455
Reshaping of British Railways, The (Beeching) 330, 412–14
restaurant cars see dining cars
retarders 384–5
revival meetings 97–8
Reynolds, Michael 398–9, 514
Riccarton Junction 41
Richmond 469
Rides on Railways (Sidney) 114, 140
Riley, Paul 533, 534
riverboat saloons 115
RMT 391
road coaches see coaches
roads 409
freight 408–11, 415–16, 417
motorways 374, 411–12, 416, 513
Robbie (film) 324
Robinson, Henry Crabb 56
Robinson, J. G. 518
Robinson, Stanley 166–7
Robson, Dame Flora 209
Rocket 1, 86, 510
rolling stock see carriages; locomotives;
wagons
Rolt, L. T. C. 3, 142, 264, 511
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 541
Room at the Top 534
Ropley 459
rosebay willowherb 379
Rothley 451, 471
Rothwell 439
Round Down 355–6
Routledge, George 125
Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash 5, 264, 369
Royal Observatory, Greenwich 20
royal trains
brakes 198
carriage re-use 280–1
heating 40
Inter-City 125s 231–2
Photochrom prints 72
saloons 29–30, 78–9, 87, 149, 201, 241
waiting rooms 469
Ruabon 138
Rugby 13, 125, 477, 496
rugs 44–6, 45
Ruislip 317
Rule 130 494
Rule 166 165
Runcorn Bridge 374
Ruskin, John 6, 134–9, 140, 141, 237, 240, 345
Rutland, Duke of 469
Rydal 12, 13
Ryder, William 101–2
S
Sabbatarianism 21, 94–5, 96–8, 340
safety
doors 179–82
level crossings 329–31
navvies 338
objects on the track 322, 323
railway workers 286–7, 389–94, 393
see also accidents; brakes; crime
St Andrews 482
St Andrews Railway 428
St Austell 450
St Enoch 487
St Helens Junction 301–2
St Ives 273
St Pancras
beer storage 344
clock 21
hotel 478–9, 481
hydraulic lift 441, 442
retail concourse 508
train shed 487
St Walburge church 260
Sala, G. A. 165
Salisbury 18
saloons 78–9, 80–3, 82, 213
lavatories 201, 202
Pullman cars 207–9
Salisbury, Mary, Marchioness of 87
Saltash 5, 264, 369
Samphire Hoe Country Park 354, 355
Samuda, Jacob 268
Samuel, Raphael 537, 547
Sandown Park 93
sanitation see lavatories
Sankey Viaduct 361
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 402, 534
Saturday Review 161, 496
Savile, Jimmy 231
Savoy, The 128–9
Sawbridgeworth 91
Saye and Sele, Baron 148
Scarborough 485
Schivelbusch, Wolfgang 118, 163
Schlesinger, John 24
Scilly Isles 345
Scotland 9, 11–12
block working 300
distilleries 341
drinking on trains 253
gauge 262
railway hotels 482
sleeper trains 245, 247, 249–50
Sunday trains 21, 97
Scotscalder 455
Scott, Sir George Gilbert 132, 479
Scott, J. W. Robertson 34
Scott, Sir Walter 137
Scottish Central Railway 459
Scunthorpe 382
Sealink 505
Searching for Railway Telegraph Insulators (Neal) 539
Searle, Ronald 240
Searles, William 162
Seascale 439
season tickets 22, 453
seats
Blue Pullmans 230
damage 224
feet on 106
marking 104–5
Pendolino trains 236, 237–8
and standing 227–8
upholstered 68, 69, 70, 192
wooden 70
second class 62, 69, 70, 73, 75, 77
carriages 56–7, 58, 61, 65, 66, 67
colour codes 200
dining cars 221
Gladstone 76
Highland Railway 76
insurance policies 145
lavatories 202
Liverpool Road station 446
refreshment rooms 473, 474
servants 78
sleeping cars 242, 246, 248
tickets 453
waiting rooms 446, 470
Second World War
allotments 375
classes 78
female labour 282
hay-cropping 375
signal boxes 302, 306
sleepers 275–6
Sefton, Lord 333
Sekon, G. A. 515, 517
Selby 443
Selhurst 2
semaphore signals 295–7
sensation novels 126–7
Senses and the Intellect, The (Bain) 159
Serco 250
servants 77, 78, 81, 242
Settle and Carlisle line 355, 413
Seven Lamps of Architecture (Ruskin) 137
Sevenoaks derailment 278
Severn Bridge Junction 302
Severn Valley Railway 367, 547
Sex Discrimination Act 182
Shed Bashing with the Beatles (Mathison) 529
Sheffield 139, 508
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway 23
Sheffield Daily Telegraph 475–6
Shelton, Edward 45
see also Railway Traveller’s Handy Book, The
Shepherds Bush 260
Shildon 313
Shildon Wagon Works 545
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 145
Shirwell 280
Shoreham 279–80
Shrewsbury 21, 302, 436
shunters 387–8, 388, 389–90, 393, 398
shunting 348–9, 383–93, 393, 394, 407, 518
Sidcup 450
side-corridor carriages 4, 25, 106, 192, 202–3, 211–14, 228–9
Sidney, Samuel 114, 140, 352
sight-holes 194–5
signal boxes 292–3, 293, 295, 297, 301–2, 305–8, 438
‘Signal-Man, The’ (Dickens) 158–9, 291, 293, 307, 311
signalmen 158–9, 297, 301–2, 307–12, 321
signals 291–4, 304–5, 311, 315
bell-codes 293, 298, 301–2, 433
block working 297–300, 298, 305
colour lights 296, 302–4
maintenance 301
semaphore 295–7, 301, 304
signs, nameboards 491–2, 498, 500, 502, 505, 507, 539
Sillitoe, Alan 402
Simmons, Jack 74, 341
Simms, F. W. 358–9
single lines 299–300
Sitwell, Florence 81–2
Skegness 497
skew bridges 363–5, 364
Skye Bridge 368
Sleaford 341, 344, 391
sleepers 260, 274–7, 276
reuse 278–9
walking on 320
sleeping cars 111, 193, 201, 206, 215, 241–53
Slinger 3 trains 281
Slough 148, 149, 155, 294, 448
Slugg, J. T. 101
Small House at Allingham, The (Trollope) 77
Smiles, Samuel 102
Smith, Edwin 533
Smith, George Albert 189, 190
Smith, Laura 189, 190
Smith, Rev. Sydney 179
Smith, William 358
Smith, William Henry (jnr) 123–5
Smith, William Henry (snr) 123–4
Smithfield Market 343, 441
Smiths (W. H. Smith & Sons) 45, 123–4, 125–6, 127–30, 495
smoking 107–12, 185, 202, 243, 244, 245
Snibston Colliery 358
snow 286
Snowdonia 89
Society for Controlling the Abuses of Public Advertising (SCAPA) 497
sodium acetate 41, 43
Solomon, Abraham 187, 188
Solway Firth 320
Some Like It Hot 80
Somerset & Dorset Railway 435, 461, 528
brake blocks 401
Mendip extension 340
&
nbsp; photography 532–3
Radstock collision 147
sound recordings 534
stations 459
Sunday trains 97
workforce deaths and injuries 394
Sonning disaster 60–1, 142, 355, 365
Sons and Lovers (Lawrence) 402
sound recordings 534–6, 535
South Devon Railway 268, 269–71, 269, 357, 366, 423, 446
South Eastern Railway
alarms 196
ballast 277–8
Blackheath Tunnel 106
boat train 140, 155
damage to carriages 224
and Dickens 155
excursion trains 89
hotels 478, 480
prostitution 183–4
Round Down cutting 355–6
royal saloon 29–30
Simms 358–9
Staplehurst disaster 151–4
Tattenham Corner 93
third-class carriages 75
time signal 20
Waterhouse 431
and Wellington 88, 100
South Yorkshire Railway 92, 531
Southampton 313, 346, 415
Southern Belle 208–9
Southern Railway 24, 246
carriages 214
double-decker carriages 215, 216
footbridges 450
goods van reuse 281
locomotives 518–19, 521, 522
pictures 72
platelayers’ huts 285
platforms 447
rails 313
signals 297
sleepers 275
station nameboards 500, 502
stations 499
tickets 24
Southport 413
Sowerby Bridge 462
Spain 268
Spalding Yard 389
Spath 330, 330
Spedding, Ron 545
speed 57, 135, 139, 163, 238
Cheltenham Flyer 267
freight trains 405
high-speed trains 238, 267–8
Mallard 1, 519
parliamentary trains 61, 63
preserved railways 550
royal trains 149
Sunday trains 97
train timing 536
Speedlink 416
Spiers, Félix William 47
Spiers and Pond 47–8, 110, 218, 474, 477
sport
cricket 93
football 93, 225–7
fox hunting 349–52
horseracing 92–4, 349, 351
prizefight excursions 90–2
Sprey Point 269
Sprinters 235
Spurgeon, Charles 97
Stafford 506
Staffordshire blue brick 359
stagecoaches 53, 57, 84, 88, 112–13
refreshment stops 475
tickets 22
Stamp, Gavin 499
Stamp, Sir Josiah 421–3, 426
standard class 70, 250
standing 227–8
Stanhope & Tyne Railroad 317
Staplehurst disaster 151–4, 153, 155–6, 157–8, 178, 197, 286
stationmasters 291, 394, 456–7, 458–9, 460–3
houses 445, 456, 457, 462–3
stations 6, 438, 445, 508, 509
advertising 494–6, 495, 497, 498, 499, 507, 508
air rights 489–90
announcements 492–3, 494
architecture 5, 457–8, 463, 498, 499
bells 468
booking halls 438, 463–4, 468
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