On stations, London’s Termini by Alan A. Jackson (David & Charles, 1969) is a good start, while David St John Thomas evokes all the romanticism of rural railways and branch lines in The Country Railway (David & Charles, 1976). John Betjeman wrote the evocative London’s Historic Railway Stations (John Murray, 1972). Two anthologies I stumbled upon are full of priceless detail and serendipity: The Railway Enthusiast’s Bedside Book, edited by H. A. Vallance (Batsford, 1966) and The Railway-Lovers Companion, edited by Bryan Morgan (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963). Two more recent entertaining compilations of the good and the bad of the railway are: Railway Blunders by Adrian Vaughan (Ian Allan, 2003) and Railway Milestones and Millstones by Stanley Hall (Ian Allan, 2006).
For a wider history of transport, there is British Transport: an economic survey from the seventeenth century to the twentieth by H. J. Dyos and D. H. Aldcroft (Leicester University Press, 1969). The thorough Dow’s Dictionary of Railway Quotations by Andrew Dow (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) is an indispensable reference book. Finally, for material written up to the late 1960s, the bibliography by E. T. Bryant, Railways: A Readers’ Guide (Clive Bingley, 1968) is comprehensive and provides potted outlines of many of the books it lists. And obviously for anything missed out above, there is George Ottley, whose original work has been supplemented by a revised volume and two supplements: A Bibliography of British Railway History (George Allen & Unwin, 1965); A Bibliography of British Railway History (2nd edn, HMSO, 1983); A Bibliography of British Railway History: Supplement: 7951–12956 (HMSO, 1988); Ottley’s Bibliography of British Railway History; and Second supplement 12957–19605 (National Railway Museum with Railway & Canal Historical Society, 1998).
INDEX
ABC railway guide, ref1
Aberayron & New Quay Light Railway, ref1
Aberdeen, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; and railway races, ref7
Abergavenny, ref1
Abergele, ref1
accidents, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; Armagh, ref9; Tay Bridge, ref10; Preston, ref11; Salisbury, ref12; Quintinshill, ref13; Southall, ref14; and General Strike, ref15; Harrow and Wealdstone, ref16; Clapham Junction, ref17; Hatfield, ref18
Adley, Robert, ref1
Advanced Passenger Train, ref1
aeroplanes and air transport, ref1, ref2, ref3
Agar Town, ref1
Albert, Prince, ref1, ref2
Aldershot, ref1, ref2
Allan, Ian, ref1
Allen, Cecil J., ref1
Allen, Geoffrey Freeman, ref1
Allport, James, ref1
Alton, ref1
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS), ref1, ref2, ref3
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of Scotland, ref1
ambulance trains, ref1, ref2, ref3
Amersham, ref1
Annesley, ref1
aqueducts, ref1
Armagh accident, ref1, ref2, ref3
armoured trains, ref1
Arrow, ref1
Arundel, ref1
Ashford, ref1, ref2
Ashton-under-Lyne, ref1
Asquith, Herbert, ref1
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fireman (ASLEF), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Aston Hall, ref1
Athenaeum, ref1
atmospheric railways, ref1, ref2
Attlee, Clement, ref1, ref2, ref3
Austria, ref1
Automatic Train Control, ref1
Automatic Warning System, ref1, ref2
Avon, river, ref1
Aylesbury, ref1
Ayton, Richard, ref1
Badminton station, ref1
Baker, Benjamin, ref1
Baker Street station, ref1
Balaklava Railway, ref1
Baldwin, Stanley, ref1
Ballater, ref1
balloons, ref1, ref2
Ballydehob, ref1
Balmoral, ref1, ref2
Bank of England, ref1, ref2, ref3
banking system, ref1, ref2
Barlow, William, ref1
Barnes, Alfred, ref1
Barnsley, ref1
Barrow-in-Furness, ref1
Basingstoke, ref1, ref2, ref3
Bass, Michael Thomas, ref1
Bath, ref1, ref2, ref3
Batty Green, ref1
BBC, ref1
Beasley, Ammon, ref1
Beaufort, Duke of, ref1
Beckenham, ref1
Beckton, ref1
Bedford–St Pancras line, ref1
Beeching, Richard, ref1, ref2, ref3
Beeching cuts, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
‘Beer Trains’, ref1
Belfast, ref1
Belgium, ref1, ref2, ref3
Belmont station, ref1
benevolent funds, ref1
Benge, John, ref1
Berkhamsted, ref1
Berks & Hants line, ref1, ref2, ref3
Berwick, ref1, ref2, ref3
Bethnal Green, ref1
Betjeman, John, ref1, ref2, ref3
Bevan, Aneurin, ref1
Bexleyheath, ref1
Bickley loop, ref1
Billingsgate Market, ref1
Birkenhead, ref1, ref2
Birmingham, ref1, ref2, ref3; railway connections, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; Curzon Street station, ref10; New Street station, ref11; London services, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20; and postal service, ref21; fish deliveries, ref22; suburban railways, ref23; railway access, ref24; workmen’s trains, ref25; and electrification, ref26
Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway, ref1, ref2, ref3
Bishop Auckland, ref1
Bishop’s Castle Railway, ref1
Bishop’s Stortford, ref1
Bishopsgate station, ref1
Blackfriars station, ref1, ref2, ref3
Blair, Tony, ref1
Blea Moor tunnel, ref1
Blenkinsop, John, ref1
Bletchley, ref1
Bletchley flyover, ref1
Blisworth, ref1
Blitz, ref1, ref2
block working, ref1, ref2, ref3
Blucher, ref1
Blue Pullmans, ref1, ref2
Blumenfeld, R. D., ref1
boat trains, ref1, ref2, ref3
Bodmin, ref1
Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, ref1, ref2
Boer War, ref1
boilers, ref1; multi-tube, ref2
Bolton, ref1
Bolton & Leigh Railway, ref1
Bon Accord, ref1
Bonavia, Michael, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Booth, Henry, ref1, ref2
Boston, ref1, ref2
Bouch, Thomas, ref1
Boulogne, ref1
Bournemouth, ref1, ref2
Bournemouth Belle, ref1
Bourneville, ref1
Boulton, Matthew, ref1
Box tunnel, ref1, ref2
Bradford, ref1, ref2
Bradshaw, George, ref1
Bradshaw, Robert, ref1, ref2
Bradshaw’s rail guide, ref1
braking systems, ref1, ref2
Branch Line Committee, ref1
branch lines, ref1, ref2; closures, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Brassey, Thomas, ref1, ref2, ref3
Brecon, ref1
Brentwood Gazette, ref1
Bridges, Frank, ref1
Bridgwater, Duke of, ref1, ref2, ref3
Bridgwater canal, ref1, ref2
Bridgwater, Frome & Central Somerset Railway, ref1
Briggs, Asa, ref1
Brighton, ref1, ref2, ref3; London services, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; electrification of line, ref11
Brighton Belle, ref1
Bristol, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; time in, ref8; London services, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15; Temple Meads station, ref16; Parkway station, ref17
/> Bristol & Exeter Railway, ref1
British Electric Traction, ref1
British Expeditionary Force, ref1, ref2
British Rail, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; and Settle & Carlisle line, ref8, ref9; marketing, ref10, ref11; finances, ref12, ref13, ref14; workforce, ref15, ref16; industrial relations, ref17; reorganization, ref18; safety record, ref19; and privatization, ref20
British Railways (BR), ref1, ref2, ref3; and horses, ref4, ref5; interest payments, ref6; regions, ref7, ref8; staff numbers, ref9, ref10; and safety, ref11; switch from steam, ref12, ref13; freight wagons, ref14, ref15; livery and insignia, ref16; modernization programme, ref17, ref18; finances, ref19, ref20; route miles, ref21; see also British Rail
British Railways Board, ref1, ref2, ref3
British Transport Commission, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
British Transport Hotels, ref1
Brixton, ref1
broad gauge, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; see also standard gauge
Broad Street station, ref1, ref2
broccoli trains, ref1
Bromley, ref1
Brontë sisters, ref1
Brookwood, ref1
Broun, Sir Richard, ref1
Brown, Ernest, ref1
Brown, Patrick, ref1
Broxbourne & Hertford Railway, ref1
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, ref1, ref2
Brunel, Marc, ref1
Brussels, ref1, ref2, ref3
Buchan, John, ref1
Buckinghamshire, ref1, ref2
buffet cars, ref1, ref2; see also dining (restaurant) cars
Buntingford, ref1
Burkhardt, Ed, ref1
Burstall, Timothy, ref1
buses, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; alternative to branch lines, ref6, ref7, ref8; competition with railways, ref9, ref10; coordination with railways, ref11
Bushey, ref1
butter, ref1, ref2
Buxton, Sidney, ref1
Byers, Stephen, ref1
by-laws, railway, ref1
C2C, ref1
cable operation, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Caledonian Railway, ref1, ref2; and railway races, ref3; industrial relations, ref4; and Quintinshill accident, ref5; and amalgamation, ref6
Cambrian Railway, ref1
Cambridge, ref1, ref2, ref3; see also Oxford–Cambridge line
Cambridgeshire, ref1
Camden Town, ref1, ref2
Camel, river, ref1
Cameron Highlanders, ref1
Cameroon, ref1
Canada, ref1
canals, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; and opposition to railways, ref7, ref8; decline of, ref9
Cannon Street station, ref1, ref2
Canterbury, ref1, ref2
Canterbury & Whitstable Railway, ref1
Capitals Limited, ref1
Cardiff, ref1, ref2, ref3
Cardwell, Edward, ref1
Carlisle, ref1, ref2, ref3; see also Settle & Carlisle line
Carmarthenshire, ref1
carriages, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; first-class, ref6, ref7, ref8; lighting, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; second-class, ref14, ref15, ref16; smoking, ref17, ref18, ref19; slam-door, ref20; fourth-class, ref21; royal, ref22; building, ref23, ref24; branch line, ref25; third-class, ref26, ref27; deluxe, ref28; heating, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32; sprung-wheel, ref33; corridors, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37; toilets, ref38, ref39; clerestory roofs, ref40, ref41; express, ref42; and wartime, ref43; LMS, ref44; Southern, ref45, ref46; women’s, ref47; open-plan, ref48; postwar, ref49; scrapped, ref50; air-conditioning, ref51, ref52, ref53, ref54; Marks 1 and 2, ref55
cars, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; competition with rail, ref7, ref8; age of, ref9, ref10
Carstairs, ref1
Carter Paterson, ref1
Castle, Barbara, ref1
Castle Cary, ref1
Catch Me Who Can, ref1
Catesby tunnel, ref1
cattle, ref1, ref2, ref3
cemeteries, ref1
Central Electricity Board, ref1
Chambers, Doctor, ref1
Channel Islands, ref1
Channel Tunnel, ref1, ref2, ref3
Channel Tunnel Rail Link, ref1, ref2, ref3
Charing Cross station, ref1
chariots, ref1
Charles II, King, ref1
Charlotte Dundas (steam-powered boat), ref1
Chartist disturbances, ref1
Chat Moss, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Chatham, ref1, ref2, ref3
cheese, ref1, ref2, ref3
Cheltenham, ref1
Cheltenham Flyer, ref1
Chepstow, ref1
Cheshire, ref1, ref2, ref3
Cheshunt, ref1
Chester, ref1, ref2, ref3
Chester & Crewe Railway, ref1
Chester & Holyhead Railway, ref1
Chichester, ref1, ref2
Chigwell, ref1
Chiltern, ref1
Chippenham, ref1
Chislehurst, ref1, ref2
cholera, ref1
Christie, Agatha, ref1
Church Fenton, ref1
Churchill, Winston, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Churchward, George, ref1, ref2
City & South London Railway, ref1, ref2
City of Truro, ref1, ref2, ref3
Clapham, ref1
Clapham Junction accident, ref1
Clayton tunnel accident, ref1
clergy, ref1, ref2
Clifton Suspension Bridge, ref1
closures, ref1, ref2, ref3; see also Beeching cuts
Clyde, river, ref1
coaches, gas-powered, ref1
coal, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; prices, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11; versus coke, ref12; industry, ref13, ref14, ref15; cheap or free, ref16; and wartime, ref17, ref18; and strikes, ref19, ref20; and BR losses, ref21
coal trains, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
coal wagons, ref1, ref2
Coalbrookdale, ref1
Coalville, ref1
Coghlan, Francis, ref1
Colchester, ref1
Coleman, Terry, ref1
Comet, ref1
commuter services, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; and electrification, ref9, ref10, ref11; and Southern Railway, ref12; and strikes, ref13
Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Nord, ref1, ref2
Connex, ref1
Conservative Party, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; and privatization, ref5, ref6, ref7
Conway, ref1
Cook, Thomas, ref1
Cooper, Sir Astley, ref1
Co-operative Wholesale Society, ref1
Corinth, Isthmus of, ref1
Corn Laws, ref1, ref2
Cornish Riviera, ref1
Cornwall, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Coronation, ref1
Coronation Scot, ref1
cottages, railway, ref1, ref2
cotton, ref1, ref2, ref3
Coulsdon, ref1
County Donegal Railways, ref1
County Durham, ref1, ref2
courts of inquiry, ref1
Covent Garden, ref1
Coventry, ref1
Craven Arms, ref1
Creevey, Thomas, ref1, ref2, ref3
Crewe, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
cricket, ref1
Crimean War, ref1, ref2
Crippen, Dr, ref1
Cromarty Firth, ref1
Cromford & High Peak Railway, ref1
cross-Channel steamers, ref1, ref2, ref3
CrossCountry, ref1
Crossrail, ref1
Croydon, ref1, ref2; airport, ref3
Croydon Tramlink, ref1
Crystal Palace, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Cubitt, Lewis, ref1
Cugnot, Nicolas, ref1
Cumbria, ref1
cut-offs, ref1
Cycloped, ref1
Daily Telegraph, ref1
Dalhousie, Lord, ref1
Dalton, Hugh, ref1
Dandridge, Cecil, ref1
dandy cars, ref1
Darling, Alistair, ref1
Darlington, Earl of, ref1
Darlington, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Dartford, ref1, ref2
Dartmoor, ref1
Dawlish, ref1
Day Scotch Express, ref1
Dee, river, ref1
Deeside, ref1
demolitions, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Denison, Edmund, ref1, ref2
Denmark, ref1
department stores, ref1
Derby, Lord, ref1, ref2
Derby, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; railway hotel, ref6; workshops, ref7, ref8
Derbyshire, ref1
Devil’s Dyke line, ref1
Devon, ref1
Dickens, Charles, ref1, ref2; and Staplehurst accident, ref3, ref4
Didcot, ref1
diesel multiple units, ref1, ref2, ref3
Dingwall & Skye Railway, ref1
dining (restaurant) cars, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; withdrawn in wartime, ref8, ref9; see also buffet cars
Direct Northern Railway, ref1
‘direct’ railways, ref1
Disraeli, Benjamin, ref1
doctors, ref1
dogs, fares for, ref1
Doncaster, ref1, ref2, ref3; decoy goods yard, ref4
Dorking, ref1
Dorset, ref1
double-decker trains, ref1, ref2
Dousland, ref1
Dover, ref1, ref2, ref3
Down Street station, ref1
Drax power station, ref1
Druimachdar Pass, ref1
Dublin, ref1, ref2, ref3
Dublin & Kingstown Railway, ref1
Dundee, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Dunkirk, ref1
Dunrobin, ref1
Durham, ref1
Dutton viaduct, ref1
Ealing, ref1
Earls Court, ref1
East Anglia, ref1, ref2, ref3
East Coast main line, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; and railway races, ref10, ref11; and accidents, ref12, ref13; expresses, ref14, ref15; publicity, ref16; and wartime, ref17, ref18; electrification, ref19, ref20, ref21; increased speeds, ref22; high-speed trains introduced, ref23
East India Company, ref1
East Kent Railway, ref1
East Lothian, ref1
East Suffolk branch line, ref1
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