The Romance of Modern Locomotion

Archibald Williams (1871 - 1934)

In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the various forms of traction, signals, and other mechanical appliances connected with the working of a railway; notice the effects of railway communication on a country for its peaceful development, or its conquest in war; and make the tour of a typical locomotive factory. These and other matters have been treated as simply as may be, but with sufficient fullness to give the reader a fair idea of what the railway really is, how it has been made, and what the future may have in store for it. - Summary by from the preface.

Genre(s): Technology & Engineering, Transportation

Language: English

Group: The Library of Romance

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction Yoganandh T
00:10:24
Play 01 The Midland Railway Yoganandh T
00:25:11
Play 02 The Great Western Railway; or, The Struggles of the Gauges Yoganandh T
00:25:36
Play 03 The Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Great Canadian Highway snash
00:27:22
Play 04 What the Canadian Pacific Railway has Done for Canada 65tux
00:23:24
Play 05 The Union Pacific Railway: The First of the Transcontinentals mleigh
00:20:52
Play 06 The Highroad to Orange Land - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway BookBard
00:29:03
Play 07 Some Further Facts About American Railways BookBard
00:37:31
Play 08 The Railroad as Conqueror Ted Lienhart
00:39:12
Play 09 Mountain Railways EdFoster
00:22:09
Play 10 Fighting the Snow Beau Wood
00:20:56
Play 11 How Life is Protected Ted Lienhart
00:25:55
Play 12 How Life is Protected, continued Ted Lienhart
00:17:49
Play 13 Accidents and the Breakdown Train Ted Lienhart
00:22:50
Play 14 Indian Railways prajak
00:37:43
Play 15 The Railway Surveyor and Engineer 65tux
00:19:35
Play 16 The Development of the Locomotive Availle
00:32:00
Play 17 The Cradle of a Locomotive Richard Shipp
00:32:20
Play 18 What the Expresses Can Do Richard Shipp
00:17:53
Play 19 The Railway in War EdFoster
00:38:25
Play 20 The Electric Railway BettyB
00:22:00
Play 21 The Railway Mania BettyB
00:18:32
Play 22 The Grain Elevator, the Railway, and the World's Food Supply prajak
00:17:03
Play 23 Adventures on the Line mleigh
00:18:30
Play 24 Ocean Ferries Claudia Caldi
00:18:09