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Accidents and Mishaps Occurring on Railways, 61
——— Regulations as to Reporting to Board of Trade, 223
Accommodation Works, Mode of Authorisation of, 19
Advantages Conferred upon the Community by Introduction of Railways, 3
Agents at Stations, Duties of, 15
Arbitration as a Means of Settling Disputes between Railway Companies, 208

Bessemer Process of Converting Iron into Steel, Description of, 113
Block Telegraph, Various Descriptions of, in use, 85
——— "Tell-Tale" Apparatus in Connection with, 88
——— Apparatus, Description of, 88
——— Mode of Working, 88
——— Combined Indicator and Bell System, 90
Board Meetings, Business Transacted at, 13
Board of Trade, Definition of their Powers of Control over the Working of Railways, 223
——— New Railways Must be Inspected by, 223
——— Accidents must be Reported to, 223
Boilers, Employment of Steel in Manufacture of, 116
Boys, Employment and Training of, 25
Brake Power, Various Descriptions of in use, 120
——— Description of automatic Vacuum, 120
Bridge Rails, Early Use of, on Great Western Railway, 42
Broad Street, Goods Station, Description of Construction and Working of, 182

Carriages, Steel Under-frames for, 105
——— Rude Type of, in use Half a Century Ago, 123
——— Improved Type of. Now in Use, 124
——— Proportions of Accommodation for Various Classes of Passengers, 125, 252
——— Abolition of Second-class by Midland Company, 125, 243
——— London and North-Western Company's Practice of Building their Own Stock, 127
——— Description of Mode of Building at Wolverton Works, 129
——— Examination, Greasing, Washing, and Cleaning of, 134
——— Heating of, 135
——— Lighting of, 136
——— Increase in size and weight of, 247
Carriers' Act, of 1845, Provisions of, 270
Cattle, Mode of Dealing With, at Holyhead, 196
(see also Live Stock)
Chairs, Type of, Now in Use, 46
Chain Drag for Arresting Runaway Waggons, 177
Channel Tunnel Railway Scheme of 1833, 9
Cheap Trains' Act of 1883, Provisions of. Described, 278
Check Rails for Crossings, 51