Railway Reminiscences (Classic Reprint) - Couverture rigide

George P. Neele

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 026066927X ISBN 13 : 9780260669278

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Railway Reminiscences

In connection with my service on the north-western Railway, I have endeavoured to tell the story of the progress of interlocking, the battle of the brakes, the steps taken to insure safe working, and to record in proper sequence the chief occasions of train accelerations for Ireland, Scotland and elsewhere with notes of the introduction of any leading changes in travelling accommodation, and of the extension of facilities by doubling single lines, quadrupling others, and re-arranging and amplifying stations - facts connected with the London and north-western Company''s progress which do not exist in any collected form.

There appear to be unmistakable indications of radical changes affecting railway working in the near future: the electrifying of the lines superseding the use of steam, the adoption of pneumatic action for working point rods, of electricity not only for actuating points but for automatic signalling, will all bring about marvellous modifications in modes of working, and in the class of knowledge needed by the working staff; it will be for other Superintendents to tell the story of their being brought into uniformity.

The supplemental chapters of these Notes refer to the railway journeys made by Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria principally over the London and north-western Line: to glean the facts connected with them commencing as far back as 1843, when the Queen first travelled by the London and Birmingham Railway, has entailed considerable research, not unattended with personal interest, for it has fallen to my lot for many recent years to have had the honour of being in charge of Her Majesty''s train to an extent unequalled by any of the Railway officers, whose names are recorded from time to time as having been responsible for the safe conduct of the Queen.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 026066927X
• ISBN 13: 9780260669278
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 564
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