Railways as they were in the years until 1935

PicoSearch
  Help
Site Search by PicoSearch

ACROSS AFRICA BY RAIL
Developing the Mineral Resources of the Congo - 011

ACROSS AUSTRALIA BY TRAIN
Pioneers of an Unparalleled Wilderness - 036

AERIAL MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS By F. A. Talbot
The Method of Alpine Viewing which is Safe, Luxurious, Rapid and Popular - 118

AERIAL RAILWAYS
A Novel Form of Transport for Conveying Goods and Passengers in Mountainous Districts - 109

AMERICAN "COMET"
A Diesel-Electric Express of Remarkable Design - 012

AMERICA'S FIRST TRAINS
Their Origins and Early Developments - 013

ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES
Their Evolution and Advantages - 095

ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY
An Attempt to Drive Trains by Air Pressure - 027

AUSTRIA'S RAIL TRANSPORT
Progressive Development in a Mountainous Country - 094

AVOIDING THE AVALANCHE
Some Ingenious Protective Measures Adopted by Swiss Engineers - 083

BELGIUM'S STEEL NETWORK
The Most Concentrated System in the World - 057

BRIGHTON'S ELECTRIC RAILWAY
The First Electric Line in Great Britain - 125

BRITISH DIESEL RAIL COACHES
A Challenge to the Competition of the Road - 127

BRITISH ENTERPRISE IN SOUTH AMERICA
The Activities of Two Important Systems - 088

BRITISH RAILPLANE
Overhead Streamlined Trains - 069

BUILDING THE WORLD’S LOFTIEST BRIDGE By F. A. Talbot
The Central Span of the Fades Viaduct is Higher than the Topmost Point of the Forth Bridge - 116

BURMA'S METRE-GAUGE SYSTEM
Developing the Resources of a Rich Territory - 044

CAPE TOWN-JOHANNESBURG EXPRESS
Through Africa's Gateway into the World's Largest Goldfields - 002

"CHELTENHAM FLYER"
Great Britian's Fastest Start-to-Stop Schedule - 037

CHICAGO'S UNIQUE UNDERGROUND
A Remarkable Urban Transport System - 047

"COCK O' THE NORTH"
Secrets of One of Britain's Most Famous Locomotives - 079

CONQUEST OF CANADA
How Pioneers thrust the Railway across a Vast Continent - 068

CONQUEST OF THE CLOUDS
How Courageous Engineers fought Snow, Ice and Avalanche - 035

CONTINENTAL LOCOMOTIVES
Evolution of some Powerful European Types - 102

"CORNISH RIVIERA EXPRESS"
A Non-Stop Journey of Over 225 Miles in Four Hours - 017

CROSS-COUNTRY ROUTES
Fast Services that Link Important Centres - 087

CRUISING BY TRAIN
Novel Holiday Fashions have been Introduced by the Railways - 084

DEFYING DEATH VALLEY
The Stupendous Drama of the Men who Drove a Railway Across Fiery Desert Sands - 058

DETECTING RAIL DEFECTS
Remarkable Safety Apparatus that Discovers Invisible Flaws - 107

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES
The Construction of and Performance Obtained from the Oil Engine - 085

DOORWAY TO CANADA
Developing a Dominion Along the Steel Highway - 064

DRIVING A LOCOMOTIVE
A Trip on The Footplate at Seventy Miles an Hour - 078

DRIVERLESS SUBWAY TRAINS
Carrying Mails Eighty Feet Below London Streets - 023

DURING THE RUSH HOURS
How the Railways Serve their Regular Passengers - 106

ELECTRIC POWER ON THE GRAND SCALE
The Greatest Suburban Electrification Scheme in the World - 113

ELECTRIC TRACTION
A Vital Developmen in the History of The Railway - 066

ELECTRIFICATION OVERSEAS
Development of Power Schemes in the Dominions - 099

ENGINEERING IN NEW ZEALAND - NORTH ISLAND
The conquest of nature in the Antipodes - 041

ENGINEERING IN NEW ZEALAND - SOUTH ISLAND
Outstanding Achievements in the South Island - 040

EVOLUTION OF COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES
Improvements in Applied Steam Expansion - 043

FESTINIOG RAILWAY
A Remarkable Narrow Gauge Line in North Wales - 015

FLOODS, FIRE AND EARTHQUAKE
The Railway's Unceasing Battle with the Forces of Nature - 090

"FLYING HAMBURGER"
Germany's Contribution to Streamline Design - 033

"FLYING SCOTSMAN"
An Express that has Earned World-wide Renown for Comfort Combined with Speed - 003

FROM BRITTANY TO THE RHINE
Three Great French Trunk Railways - 104

GATEWAY TO BRAZIL
The Trunk Line that Climbs a Precipice - 059

"GOLDEN ARROW"
London's Link with Europe and the Orient - 071

GREAT APENNINE TUNNEL
Engineering Marvels of the Bologna-Florence "Direttissima" Route - 039

GREAT NORTH ROAD OF STEEL
An Epic Story of the Courage and Endurance that built Britain's Highway to Scotland - 014

GREAT ST. GOTHARD
How Switzerland's Wonder-Line Threads its Way through the Alps - 110

GROWTH OF LONDON'S TRANSPORT
Transport for a Great City - 054

HILL LINES OF INDIA
Construction and Operation of Some Steeply Graded Routes - 019

HIMALAYAN LOOP LINE
Remarkable Engineering Devices on an Indian Mountain Railway - 007

HOW MIGHTY ARE THE "KINGS"
The Evolution and Working of the Great Western Railway's most powerful locomotive "King George V" - 065

INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS
The Operation of Two Small but Remarkable Systems - 105

IN NORTHERN AFRICA
The Railways of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria - 052

IRELAND'S RAILWAY SYSTEM
From small beginnings to great achievements - 051

ISLAND RAILWAYS
Self-contained Systems of Unusual Interest - 008

LABOUR- AND TIME-SAVING TRACK-LAYER AND ITS WORK By F. A. Talbot
A Wonderful Machine for Laying Railways along Great Distances - 122

LOCOMOTIVE GIANTS - 1 By F. A. Talbot
Showing the Development of the Huge American Locomotives - 119

LOCOMOTIVES OF THE PAST
Photo Album - 021

LOCOMOTIVE SPEED RECORDS
Some Famous Runs of the Past - 070

LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS
The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine - 132

MAGIC OF MODERN SIGNALS - 1
New Electrical Devices ensure Safety and Speed - 093

MAGIC OF MODERN SIGNALS - 2
Controlling Speed and Direction of Trains by Electricity - 111

MAGIC OF THE ANDES
Climbing Through the Clouds in South America - 022

MAIN LINES OF BRAZIL
Developing One of the World's Largest Countries - 020

MINIATURE RAILWAYS
The Fascination of Lilliputian Lines at Home and Abroad - 092

MIXED TRAFFIC LOCOMOTIVES
Tender and Tank Engines for Freight and General Service - 075

MODEL RAILWAYS
Extensive Organizations that are Run in Miniature - 128

MODERN LOCOMOTIVES
Some Representative Designs from all over the World - 029

NEW AND NOVEL ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVE By F. A. Talbot
An Ingeniously Constructed Engine Which May Mark a New Era in Locomotive Design - 117

NEW YORK'S LIFE-LINE
An All-Freight Service Above City Streets - 030

NIGERIA AND SIERRA LEONE
The Influence of the Railway in West Africa - 130

NORTH AMERICAN RAILROADS
Vast Systems which Span a Continent - 024

"ORIENT EXPRESS"
Across Europe from London to Istambul - 045

OUT TO SEA BY TRAIN
How a Railway was Carried over a Hundred Miles across the Waters of the Mexican Gulf - 053

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
A Giant System that Operates 30,000 Miles of Track - 009

PERMANENT WAY
Construction and Maintenance of the Railroad - 081

POLAND'S MAIN LINES
A New Country Creates an Important Railway System - 129

POWER FOR LONDON'S TRANSPORT
A Generating Station for the Supply of Electricity - 006

POWER PRODUCTION IN THE ALPS
Supplying Electricity to the Swiss Lines - 089

RAIL-CARS OF FRANCE
Lightweight Expresses Evolved by French Engineers - 108

RAILWAY INVASION OF THE GOLD COAST By F. A. Talbot
How the Sekondi-Coomassie Railway was Driven Through the Primeval Forests - 121

RAILROADS OF JAPAN
Steel Highways in the Land of the Rising Sun - 063

RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE
Designs That Combine Elegance and Utility - 131

RAILWAYS' DAILY WORK, THE
Widespread Activities of Four Great Companies - 133

RAILWAYS IN THE NILE VALLEY
Train Operation in Modern Egypt - 050

RAILWAYS OF CALEDONIA
The Steel Highway in Beautiful Scotland - 032

RAILWAYS UNDER LONDON
Driving Iron Tubes Far Below the Streets of the Metropolis - 077

RAILWAY TAKES ALL
Special Rolling Stock Must Carry the Strangest Loads - 080

ROLLING STOCK CONSTRUCTION
Special Methods Adopted to Meet Modem Demands - 103

ROMANCE OF A STATION
Some Sidelights on the Many Problems of Administration - 060

ROMANCE OF THE L.N.E.R.
From the World's First Steam Railway to the "Flying Scotsman" - 046

ROMANCE OF THE RAILWAY TICKET
The Story Behind the Slip of Pasteboard - 123

"ROYAL SCOT" ROUTE
The Northward Journey of a Famous British Express - 001

RUSSIA AND SIBERIA
A Century of Progress in Rail Transport - 097

SANTA FE "CHIEF"
A Journey of 2,228 Miles across the United States - 005

SCOTISH DISTRICT SUBWAY
Glasgow's Unique Underground Railways - 048

SEEN FROM THE TRAIN
The Meaning of Familiar Objects along the Track - 101

SEVERN TUNNEL
One of the Longest Underwater Tunnels in the World - 086

SLIP COACHES
Dividing Express Trains at Speed - 134

SOME GERMAN ACHIEVEMENTS
Outstanding Developments in Railway Transport - 126

SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTRIFICATION
Progress of Big Power Schemes - 025

SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC
How the Railways Handle Emergencies and Seasonal Crowds - 074

SPEED TRAINS OF BRITAIN
Main Line Stretches Where the Fastest Runs are Made - 055

SPEED TRAINS OF EUROPE
Routes and Records of Some Prominent Continental Expresses - 026

SPEED TRAINS OF NORTH AMERICA
Fifteen Thousand Miles a Day Scheduled at Sixty Miles an Hour - 016

SPENDING MILLIONS TO SAVE MINUTES by F. A. Talbot
Many Great Railways in Different Parts of the World have had to be reconstructed to meet Modern Requirements - 112

STATE LINES OF LATVIA
Growth of a Modem European System - 096

STATIONS AND THEIR STORY
Stopping Places of Unusual Interest - 073

STORY OF THE G.W.R.
Over 9,000 Miles of Track Developed in a Century - 010

STORY OF THE L.M.S.
Nation-Wide Ramifications of Britain's Largest System - 031

STORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE - 1
A Fascinating Record of Railway Engine Progress over a Century - 082

STORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE - 2
The Development of the Railway Engine after the Rainhill Trials - 114

STORY OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
London's Link with the South Coast - 056

"TAURUS EXPRESS"
A Romantic Journey through Asia Minor - 100

TELESCOPIC DOUBLE-LIFT BRIDGE By F. A. Talbot
An Ingenious Engineering Development to Cope with Railway, Shipping and Vehicular Traffic - 120

TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE
How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved - 062

THREE JOINT RAILWAYS
Combined Enterprises in the East, North-West, and South of England - 038

THROUGH DESERT AND JUNGLE
From the Nile to Mombasa - 061

"TRAIN FERRIES"
Some Remarkable Examples of Trans-ocean Transport - 034

"TRANS-CANADA LIMITED"
Across Prairie and Mountain Ranges—from Montreal to Vancouver - 098

"TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS"
From Europe to the Far East by the World's most Cosmopolitan Train - 091

TRAVELLING BY TRAIN IN CHINA
Notable Rail Developments in the Far East - 076

TRAVELLING POST OFFICES
Handling His Majesty's Mails at Seventy Miles an Hour - 049

TRAVEL IN AUSTRALIA
Southern Systems of a Vast Continent - 072

TUNNELLING AGAINST TIME
The Wonderful Story of America's Eight-Mile Tunnel through the Cascade Mountains - 004

"ULSTER EXPRESS"
Royal Mail Service between London and Northern Ireland - 067

UNCONVENTIONAL LOCOMOTIVES
Some Notable Examples of Unorthodox Construction - 124

UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD LINES
Important Railways which Serve Foreign Cities - 018

UNION PACIFIC STREAMLINED EXPRESS
Flying on land from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast - 028

WHEN RAILWAYS WERE NEW
The Struggle Against Prejudice and Superstition - 042

WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS RAILWAY By F. A. Talbot
How the London and North Western Line Was Founded and has Developed - 115

Back to Home Page

Updated 11 January 2008 -