HOW THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY WAS BUILT 3
The North-Western Railway Company is Formed,1845 5
The Liverpool Meeting,1824 8
Surveying the Line 13
In Parliament 14
Laying the Track 16
The Rainhill Trials,1829 19
The Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway,1830 28
A Great Success 31
The Battle of the Gauges 33
RAILWAYS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 35
The People in the Story 35
Railways before the Steam Engine was Invented 37
The Use of Steam to Drive Machines 40
The Invention of the Piston and Cylinder Engine 41
Moving Steam Engines (Locomotives) 42
Improving the Steam Engine 42
Wheels and Rails 50
Gauge 56
How Engines got Fresh Supplies of Water 58
Railway Carriages 59
Building the Line 62
Signalling 69
The Telegraph is Invented 70
Stations 73
The Railway Timetable 77
The Railway Companion 79
What People Wrote about Railways 80
Railway Mania 85
Results of having Railways across the Country 87
THINGS TO DO 89
GLOSSARY 91