Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland (Classic Reprint)

Chapter Page XVIII. Railway Rates and Charges, the Block, the Brake, and Light Railways 103 XIX. Golf, the Diamond King, and a Steam-boat Service 110 XX. The Midland Great Western Railway of I reland 115 XXI. Ballinasloe Fair, Galway, and Sir George Findlay 124 XXII. A Railway Contest, the Parcel Post, and the Board of Trade 134 XXIII. The Railway News, the International Railway Congress, and a Trip to Spain and Portugal 141 XXIV. Tom Robertson, more about Light Railways, and the Inland Transit of Cattle 148 XXV. Railway Amalgamation and Constantinople 155 XXVI. AC ongress at Paris, the Progress of I rish Lines, Egypt and the Nile 166 XXVII. King Edward, a Change of Chairmen, and more Railway Legislation 173 XXVIII. Vice-R egal Commission on I rish Railways, 1906-1910, and the Future of Railways 178 XXIX. The General Managers Conference, Gooday s Dinner, and Divers Matters 190 XXX. From Manager to Director 197 XXXI. The Dominions Royal Commission, the Railways of the Dominions, and Empire Development 200 XXXII.
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