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Railway Adventures and Anecdotes

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface
  2. 2Origin of Railways
  3. 3Way-Leaves
  4. 4Sir Isaac Newton’s Prediction of Railway Speed
  5. 5The Atmospheric Railroad Anticipated
  6. 6Early Steam Carriages
  7. 7First Railway Bill
  8. 8Railway From Merstham to Wandsworth
  9. 9Railway Announcement
  10. 10Merthyr Tydvil Railway
  11. 11An Affrighted Toll-Keeper
  12. 12An Early Railway
  13. 13Shrewd Observers
  14. 14Cuvier’s Description of the Locomotive
  15. 15A Railway Projector
  16. 16Opening of the Darlington and Stockton Railway
  17. 17Early Railway Competition
  18. 18Calculation as to Railway Speed
  19. 19Alarmist Views
  20. 20Parliamentary Opposition
  21. 21Speed of Railway Engines
  22. 22Difficulties Encountered in Making Railway Surveys
  23. 23Liverpool and Manchester Railway
  24. 24Mrs. Blackburne’s Presentiment
  25. 25Elevated Sight-Seers Wishing to Descend
  26. 26The Duke’s Carriage
  27. 27Lord Brougham’s Speech
  28. 28An Early Ride on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
  29. 29Early Railway Travelling
  30. 30Crabb Robinson’s First Railway Journey
  31. 31Early American Railway Enterprise
  32. 32English and American Opposition
  33. 33An Unpleasant Trial Trip
  34. 34Prognostications of Failure
  35. 35Sir Astley Cooper’s Opposition to the London and Birmingham Railway
  36. 36Opposition to Making Surveys
  37. 37Sanitary Objections
  38. 38Elevated Railways
  39. 39Evidence of a General Salesman
  40. 40The Anxious Hair-Dresser
  41. 41Sharp Practice
  42. 42A Navvy’s Reason for Not Going to Church
  43. 43Snakes’ Heads
  44. 44Prejudice Removed
  45. 45A Ride From Boston to Providence in 1835
  46. 46Appealing to the Clergy
  47. 47Air-Ways Instead of Railways
  48. 48Prejudice Against Carrying Coals by Railways
  49. 49An Epitaph on the Victim of a Railway Accident
  50. 50An Engine-Driver’s Epitaph
  51. 51Traffic-Taking
  52. 52Money Lost and Found
  53. 53Origin of Cook’s Railway Excursions
  54. 54The Deodand
  55. 55An Unfortunate Discussion
  56. 56Dog Ticket
  57. 57The Electric Constable
  58. 58Runaway Match
  59. 59A Railway Romance
  60. 60Gigantic Power of Locomotive Engines
  61. 61Novel Notice to Defaulting Shareholders
  62. 62A Quick Decision
  63. 63The Versailles Accident in 1842
  64. 64An Amateur Signalman
  65. 65Steam Whistle
  66. 66Exemption From Accidents
  67. 67Rival Contractors and the Blotting Pad
  68. 68Railway Legislation
  69. 69An Expensive Parliamentary Bill
  70. 70The Rector and His Pig
  71. 71Sir Morton Peto’s Railway Mission
  72. 72Clever Capture
  73. 73Compensation for Land
  74. 74A Landowner’s Opposition
  75. 75Picture Evidence
  76. 76Extraordinary Use of the Electric Telegraph
  77. 77Lost Luggage
  78. 78Very Nice to Be a Railway Engineer
  79. 79An Accommodating Contractor
  80. 80The Two Dukes and the Traveller
  81. 81The Great Railway Mania Day
  82. 82Parody Upon the Railway Mania
  83. 83Railway Facilities for Business
  84. 84Railways and the Post-Office
  85. 85Railway Signals
  86. 86Fog-Signals
  87. 87“Almost Dar Now”
  88. 88Wordsworth’s Protest
  89. 89The Hon. Edward Everett’s Reply to Wordsworth’s Protest
  90. 90Remarkable Advertisement
  91. 91Railway Epigram
  92. 92Singular Circumstance
  93. 93Louis Philippe and the English Navvies
  94. 94Advantages of Railway-Tunnels
  95. 95Damages Easily Adjusted
  96. 96Liabilities of Railway Engineers for Their Errors
  97. 97Extraordinary Accident
  98. 98Providential Escape
  99. 99His Portmanteau
  100. 100Growth of Station Bookshops
  101. 101Messrs. Smiths’ Bookstalls
  102. 102A Resident Engineer and Scientific Witness
  103. 103Extraordinary Scene at a Railway Junction
  104. 104Goods’ Competition
  105. 105A Polite Request
  106. 106A Chase After a Runaway Engine
  107. 107Steam Defined
  108. 108In a Railway Tunnel
  109. 109A Quick Way
  110. 110Highlander and a Railway Engine
  111. 111Extracts From Macready’s Diaries
  112. 112Freaks of Concealed Bogs
  113. 113A Railway Marriage
  114. 114Attempted Frauds
  115. 115A Bride’s Lost Luggage
  116. 116Third-Class Passengers
  117. 117Improvement in Third-Class Travelling
  118. 118A Great Discovery
  119. 119A Dreaded Evil
  120. 120Remarkable Adventure
  121. 121Safety on the Floor
  122. 122Life Upon the Railway, by a Conductor
  123. 123A County Court Judge’s Feeling Against Railways
  124. 124Railway Tickets
  125. 125Taken Aback
  126. 126Faithful Unto Death
  127. 127Narrow Escapes From Being Lynched
  128. 128Curious Notice
  129. 129Obtaining Information
  130. 130The Goat and the Railway
  131. 131The First Railway in the Crimea
  132. 132The Balaclava Railway
  133. 133Passengers and Other Cattle
  134. 134Expansion of Rails
  135. 135A Smart Rejoinder
  136. 136Courting on a Railway Thirty Miles an Hour
  137. 137The Merchant and His Clerk
  138. 138Remarkable Will
  139. 139Immense Fraud on the Great-Northern Railway
  140. 140A Lost Ticket
  141. 141Melancholy Accident — Singular Action
  142. 142A Catastrophe
  143. 143Wedding at a Railway Station
  144. 144Engine Fascination
  145. 145Competition for Passengers
  146. 146Accident Hoax
  147. 147A’penny a Mile
  148. 148Singular Freak
  149. 149A.B.C. And D.E.F.
  150. 150National Contrast
  151. 151Remarkable Accident
  152. 152Engineering Loan, or Staking Out a Railway
  153. 153Mr. Frank Buckland’s First Railway Journey
  154. 154Scene Before a Sub-Committee on Standing Orders. Petitioning Agains…
  155. 155An Idea on Railways
  156. 156Burning the Road Clear
  157. 157Harsh Treatment of a Man of Colour
  158. 158Quite Too Clever
  159. 159A Difficulty Solved
  160. 160An Exacting Lady
  161. 161American Patience and Imperturbability
  162. 162A Wide-Awake Conductor
  163. 163A Kid-Gloved Samson
  164. 164A Railway Train Turned Into a Man-Trap
  165. 165The Ruling Occupation Strong on Sunday
  166. 166The Good Things of Railway Accidents
  167. 167Beneficial Effect of a Railway Accident
  168. 168An Early Morning Ride to the Railway Station
  169. 169Cheap Fares
  170. 170What Are You Going to Do?
  171. 171Reproof for Swearing
  172. 172The Bully Rightly Served
  173. 173Liability of Companies for Delay of Trains
  174. 174The Dying Engine Driver
  175. 175“Down Brakes,” or Force of Habit
  176. 176Trent Station
  177. 177Steel Rails
  178. 178Curious Casualty
  179. 179George Stephenson’s Wedding Present
  180. 180The Polite Irishman
  181. 181An Entertaining Companion
  182. 182Novel Attack
  183. 183Wolves on a Railway
  184. 184Artemus Ward’s Suggestion
  185. 185Coach Versus Railway Accidents
  186. 186Bavarian Guards and Bavarian Beer
  187. 187The Railway Switch-Tender and His Child
  188. 188Very Cool
  189. 189The Black Redstart
  190. 190Stopping a Runaway Couple
  191. 191A Madman in a Railway Carriage
  192. 192Insured
  193. 193A New Trick
  194. 194A Train Stopped by Caterpillars
  195. 195Travelling in Russia
  196. 196An Army With Banners
  197. 197Seizure of a Railway Train for Debt
  198. 198A Kangaroo Attacking a Train
  199. 199She Takes Fits
  200. 200Snags’ Corners
  201. 201A Newspaper Wonder
  202. 202Monetary Difficulties in Spain
  203. 203A Carlist Chief as a Sub-Contractor
  204. 204How to Bear Losses
  205. 205Railroad Incident
  206. 206Novel Obstruction
  207. 207Baby Law
  208. 208Railroad Tracklayer
  209. 209A Growing Lad
  210. 210Forged Tickets
  211. 211A Yankee Compensation Case
  212. 212Abergele Accident
  213. 213Railway Destroyers in the Franco-German War
  214. 214Frightened at a Red Light
  215. 215The Decoy Trunk
  216. 216Driving a Last Spike
  217. 217Marriage and Railway Dividends
  218. 218Security for Travelling
  219. 219The Number One Hundred and Twenty
  220. 220Engine Driving
  221. 221Engine Drivers’ Presence of Mind
  222. 222A Smuggling Locomotive
  223. 223The Custom of the Country
  224. 224An Insulted Woman
  225. 225Dissatisfied Passengers
  226. 226Copy of a Notice
  227. 227Snowed Up on the Pacific Railway
  228. 228A Sell
  229. 229At Fault
  230. 230A Widow’s Claim for Compensation
  231. 231The Lady and Her Lap-Dog
  232. 232What Is Passengers’ Luggage?
  233. 233Conversion of the Gauge
  234. 234Fourth-of-July Facts
  235. 235Tay Bridge Accident
  236. 236An Extraordinary Waif
  237. 237A Railway Sleeper
  238. 238Not to Be Caught
  239. 239The Doctor and the Officers
  240. 240The Bothered Queen’s Counsel
  241. 241A Brave Engine Driver
  242. 242An Industrious Bishop
  243. 243Cool Impudence and Dishonesty
  244. 244The Booking-Clerk and Buckland
  245. 245Remarkable Rescue of a Child
  246. 246Female Fragility
  247. 247Taking Him Down a Peg
  248. 248A Remarkable Notice
  249. 249Flutter Caused by the Murder of Mr. Briggs
  250. 250An Extraordinary Blunder
  251. 251A Curious Race
  252. 252A Greenlander’s First Railway Ride
  253. 253A Novel Action
  254. 254A Kiss in the Dark
  255. 255The Gravedigger’s Suggestion
  256. 256An Amusing Incident
  257. 257A Little Boy’s Coolness
  258. 258Photographing an Express Train
  259. 259Nervousness
  260. 260A Profitable Railway
  261. 261The Polite Brahmin
  262. 262Mr. Frank Buckland and His Boots
  263. 263Drinking From the Wrong Bottle
  264. 264Horses Versus Railways
  265. 265A Slight Mistake
  266. 266Expensive Contracts
  267. 267Mr. Brassey’s Strict Adherence to His Word
  268. 268Extraordinary Accident
  269. 269Remarkable Memory for Sounds
  270. 270A Disingenuous Bishop
  271. 271Dropping the Letter “L.”
  272. 272The Safest Seat in a Railway Carriage
  273. 273Railways a Judgment
  274. 274Claim for Goodwill for Cow Killed on the Railway
  275. 275The Insurance Agent
  276. 276Touting for Business and Frauds
  277. 277Heroism of a Driver
  278. 278It’s Croydon
  279. 279Your Ticket
  280. 280An Old Scotch Lady on the Loss of Her Box
  281. 281Railway Manners
  282. 282A Brave Girl
  283. 283Shut Up in a Large Box
  284. 284Awful Death on a Railroad Bridge
  285. 285That Accursed Drink
  286. 286Railway Up Vesuvius
  287. 287Extraordinary Escape of Balloonists
  288. 288Pulling a Tooth by Steam
  289. 289A Heavy Sleeper
  290. 290A Mad Engine-Driver
  291. 291A Mexican Chief’s Railway Impressions
  292. 292My Orders
  293. 293Luggage in Railway Carriages
  294. 294Effects of Constant Railway Travelling
  295. 295An Electric Tramway Incident
  296. 296Duty in Disguise
  297. 297The Marquis of Hartington on George Stephenson
  298. 298The Stephenson Centenary
  299. 299Remarkable Coincidences
  300. 300Loss of Taste
  301. 301Ingenious Swindling
  302. 302Dangerous Luggage
  303. 303Stumped
  304. 304Excursionists Put to the Proof
  305. 305A Monkey Signalman
  306. 306A Curious Classification
  307. 307Pullman’s Carriages
  308. 308Profitable Damages
  309. 309Railway Enterprise

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