《Railway Revolution 1825-1845》求取 ⇩

HOW THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY WAS BUILT3

The North-Western Railway Company is Formed，18455

The Liverpool Meeting，18248

Surveying the Line13

In Parliament14

Laying the Track16

The Rainhill Trials，182919

The Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway，183028

A Great Success31

The Battle of the Gauges33

RAILWAYS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY35

The People in the Story35

Railways before the Steam Engine was Invented37

The Use of Steam to Drive Machines40

The Invention of the Piston and Cylinder Engine41

Moving Steam Engines (Locomotives)42

Improving the Steam Engine42

Wheels and Rails50

Gauge56

How Engines got Fresh Supplies of Water58

Railway Carriages59

Building the Line62

Signalling69

The Telegraph is Invented70

Stations73

The Railway Timetable77

The Railway Companion79

What People Wrote about Railways80

Railway Mania85

Results of having Railways across the Country87

THINGS TO DO89

GLOSSARY91