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Bryan Morgan, The End of the Line (Cleaver-Hume Press 1955)
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Index
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Abbey Foregate Street 261, 264–5, 268, 276
ABC Railway Guide 9, 10, 188
Aberdonian 102, 187
Adam, Robert 148
Allan, Ian 7, 188, 195
Allatt, Mark 183, 184, 188, 202
Allen, Cecil J.: The Titled Trains of Great Britain 34, 103–4
American Baldwin Company 173, 190
American Union Pacific Railroad 189
Atlantic Coast Express (ACE) 105–6, 175, 221–2, 223, 231, 236
Atthill, Robin 21–2
Auden, W.H.: ‘Night Mail’ 4, 223
Audrey (Pullman car) 203–5, 210, 216
Aveling & Porter 66, 69
Aylesbury & Buckingham Railway 61, 63
Aylesbury 52–3, 58, 61, 62, 67, 69, 70, 72
Baker Street v, 8, 52, 57, 58, 59, 69, 70, 73
Barlow, Sir William 26, 247
Barman, Christian 252–3
Barnes, Julian: Metroland 59
Barnstaple vi, 167–8, 169, 170, 171, 174, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 219, 222, 235
Bath 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 244, 284, 287; Green Park 23, 25
Beachy Head 201
Beardsley, Aubrey 253
Beattie, Joseph 274
Beck, Harry 58
Beeching, Richard v, vii, 8, 20, 23, 44, 74, 75, 87, 112, 151, 159, 163, 164, 185–6, 218, 228, 229, 234, 235, 236, 239, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 269, 277, 293, 294, 296, 297, 301
Behrend, George: Gone With Regret 208; Night Ferry 32–4, 37–9, 40–2
Belah signal box 86–7, 89, 91
Belah Viaduct 77, 80, 82–3, 84, 86–7, 89, 91–3
Belfast 103, 107, 244
Belfast Boat Express 103
Bere Alston 222, 235, 236
Betjeman, John vii, 23–5, 46–7, 60–1, 102–3, 217, 223–4, 229–30, 238, 248, 251, 252, 255, 256, 290, 293
Beyer Peacock 143
Bibby Line 120
Biddle, Gordon: Great Railway Stations 259
Big Bertha vi, 182, 194–5
Binney, Marcus 246
Birmingham vii, 9, 15, 18, 61, 115, 157, 163, 164, 194, 211, 214, 237–9, 242–4, 246, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255, 259, 268, 287; New Street 239, 244, 250, 259; Snow Hill vii, 9, 237–9, 242–4, 250, 259
Birmingham Pullman 164, 238
Birmingham Waterworks Railway 268
Bishop, George 87
‘Blackberry Black’ 3
Blackmoor Vale 231
Blackpool vii, 76, 87, 117, 279–84, 286, 287, 288, 289–90, 293–5; Central 280, 281, 282, 283, 290, 294; North 282, 293–5; South 282, 293
Blackpool & Lytham Railway 282
Bleath Gill 86
Blisworth 134, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 150–1
Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway 231
Bodmin Moor 222, 223, 227, 230
Bodmin Parkway 218, 230, 231
Bonavia, Michael 259
Border Union Railway 308, 310
Borders Railway 299–300
Boscarne Junction 231
Bouch, Thomas 76–7, 79, 81–2, 90, 91–3
Bouch, William 77, 90
Bournemouth vii, 12, 18, 24, 106, 152, 211, 279, 287, 288, 292, 293
Bournemouth Belle 106, 211, 293
Box, Frank 175–6
Bradshaw, George 3–4
Bramah, J. J. 252
Bramley-Moore Dock 117
Branch Line Railway (BBC film) 23–4
Branson, Richard 110
Bratton Fleming 175–6
Breiddon Hills 265, 270
Brighton 3, 6, 48, 97, 102, 108, 117, 163, 197, 201, 205, 209, 284, 286, 287, 288, 292, 293
Brighton Belle 48, 97, 102, 108, 205, 293
Brill 65–9
Bristolian 102
British Pullman 203–6, 210, 216
British Railways 19, 24, 44, 47, 48, 84, 88, 91, 96, 100–2, 103, 105, 108, 144, 151, 166, 185, 192, 198, 200, 201, 209, 210, 216, 231, 232, 238, 245, 246–7, 255, 258, 277, 292, 298–9, 301–3; Eastern Region 187; London Midland Region 101; Southern Region 45, 107; Standard locomotives 24, 88, 201; Western Region 17, 20, 151, 231, 292
Broad Street vii, 237, 247–9
Broadsman, The 107, 293
Broom Junction 134, 139, 140, 145, 151
Brougham, Lord 80
Brown, Capability 148
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 14, 25, 86, 164, 207–8, 219–20, 235, 236, 238, 250
Buckinghamshire 8, 53, 59, 61–2, 63, 64, 65, 69, 70, 73, 139, 164–5, 238
Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of 62, 65, 66, 67–8
Buckinghamshire Railway 61, 69
Bug, The 200
Bulleid, Oliver 35, 196–7, 236
Burge, J. Thornton 16
Butler, Billy 129–30
Butlin’s Express 107–8
Caerphilly Castle 292
Calais-Méditerrannée Express (Blue Train/Le Train Bleu) 30–2
Caledonian Sleeper (Deerstalker Express) 102, 110
Caledonian Railway 104, 307
Cambrian Coast Express 98–9, 164
Cambrian Railway 268, 270–1, 274
Cambridge Buffet Express 214
Camel, River 223, 224, 227, 228, 230
Carlisle 12, 22, 74, 77, 78, 86, 88, 100, 185, 244, 258, 297, 299, 300, 301, 302, 307, 308, 310, 312
Castleford 159–60, 161
Cathedrals Express 109, 241
Centenary coaches 108–9
Central Station Viaduct 159
Ceres 143
Channel Tunnel 27, 29, 30, 34, 36–7, 41, 46, 49, 50, 57
Chapelon, André 28, 38, 190, 191
Chelfham Viaduct 175, 180
Cheltenham Flyer (Cheltenham Spa Express) 101
Chester & Holyhead Railway 101
Chiltern Hills 53–4, 60, 238
Chiltern Mainline Silver 238
Chiltern Railways 165, 237–8
Churchill, Winston 43, 213
City & South London electric railway 117
City of London 7, 54, 56, 57, 59, 247, 257
City Thameslink 247
Clacton 288, 291, 292
Clapham Junction 15, 222
Clark, James 13, 20
Close, John: Beelah Viaduct, Wonder of the Age 92
Cock o’ the North vi, 182, 189, 191
Cockley Brake Junction 134
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 170–1
Combe Down Tunnel 11–12, 17, 25
Comet 110
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits 30, 31, 32–3, 35–6, 38, 39, 40, 46, 49
Compton Verney 148
Condor 103
Cook, Thomas 42–3, 285–6
Corelli, Marie 141–2
Cornish Riviera Express, the vi, 94, 101, 108, 208–9, 211, 221, 241
Cornish Riviera Mystery 208–9
Cornishman 293
Cornwall vii, 105, 164, 171, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 226–7, 230, 231, 232–5, 236, 240, 292
Coronation Scot, the 94, 97, 101, 105, 110, 310
Coulls, Anthony 186, 200, 201
Crampton, T. R. 137
Criggion 265, 272, 275, 276, 277
Cross Country 152–3
Crosland, Anthony 46
Cross, Ernie 21
Cubitt, Lewis 252
Cumberland 75, 79, 81
Cunard liners 35, 102, 120, 121–2
Curzon Street 259
Curtiss, William Joseph 116
Dalziel, Lord 30
Dandelion Express 243
Darjeeling Himalaya Railway 168
Darlington Bank Top 84
Darlington 6, 77, 83, 84–5, 163, 188
Dartford Crossing 26–7
Dartmoor 190, 220, 222, 229, 236
Dawlish 211, 216, 227, 235, 236
de Broke, Lord Willoughby 148
Deepdale viaduct 80, 82, 84
Delmonico 205
Devon vii, 35, 105, 107, 167–8, 169, 170, 172, 176, 177–8, 179, 213, 217, 219, 220, 222, 226, 235, 287–8, 292, 293
Devon and Cornish Days (Leigh-Bennett) 177–8
Devon Belle 107, 211, 293
diesel trains vi, 24, 48, 53, 70, 78, 84, 87, 91, 96, 97, 103, 105, 108, 161–2, 164, 182, 196, 201, 211, 215, 233, 234, 285, 292, 296, 299, 303, 311
Dingle 113, 117, 118, 122, 124, 127, 128, 130
dining cars vii, 1, 2, 9, 27, 35–6, 38–9, 45, 54, 102, 105, 109, 203–16, 310
Docklands Light Railway 266
Doe, Barry 165–6, 215
Dorset v, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 106, 107, 284
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec 184
Dover 32, 34, 35, 36, 48, 50, 57, 213, 214, 267
Drake, Sir James 294
Drummond, Dugald 200
Dunn, J. M. 135, 150, 151–2
Durham 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 87, 109
Durham Miners’ Convalescent Train 87
Earl Marischal 191
East & West Junction Railway 136, 138, 142–3, 145
East Anglia 107, 109, 208
East Anglian, The 109
East Coast 95, 96, 108, 109, 204, 212, 213, 214
East Midlands Trains 108, 109, 204
Eastern Belle 290–1
Easton Neston Mineral & Towcester, Roade & Olney Junction Railway 139
Eden Valley Railway Company 80–1, 85, 89, 91
Edge Hill Light Railway 147
Edinburgh 29, 94–5, 99, 101, 102, 105, 189, 191, 209, 212, 228, 244, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312
Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway 307
Edward VII, King 67, 141, 268
Elder Dempster line 120
Eliot, T. S. 33; The Waste Land 242
Elizabeth II, Queen 42, 105
Elizabethan 102, 105
Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton 5–6, 99–100; The Trains We Loved 10, 284
Emerald Isle Express 29
Emmet, Rowland 8, 170, 262
Empress of Canada 121, 129–30
Eurostar v, 9, 26–8, 50–1, 108, 247
Euston vii, 3, 9, 61, 95, 97, 101, 102, 104, 107, 110, 140, 146, 163, 192, 207, 214, 237, 241, 250–8, 259, 281
Evercreech Junction 15, 24–5
Evesham, Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Railway 139
Exe 173, 180
Exeter 214, 216, 219, 220, 222, 226, 233–4, 235, 236, 287, 292; St David’s 233–4, 292
Exmoor vi, 167, 169, 170, 172, 178, 180, 181
Fairer, Arabella 81
Farrow & Bull 3, 78
Fawcett, Sutcliffe 128
Fenny Compton 134, 147, 152
Ffestiniog Railway 143, 168, 268
Fife Coast Express 107
First Great Western 106, 108, 109, 204, 215
First World War, 1914–18 30, 59, 112, 118, 148, 174, 245, 286
Flying Scotsman (locomotive) 187, 188, 200, 299
Flying Scotsman (train) vi, 94-8, 101, 106, 108, 109, 209, 310
Forster, E. M. 240–1
Forth Railway Bridge 30
Fowler, Sir Henry 194
Fox, Sir Douglas 116
Fryer, Charles 71–2
Gahan, John: Seventeen Stations to Dingle 124, 125, 126
Galashiels 298, 300, 301, 311
Gare du Nord, Paris 28, 41, 191
Garland, James 58–9
Gautier, Théophile 240
Gazelle 272, 273, 277, 278
Gerrards Cross 164–5
Gilbert and Sullivan 158, 166, 189–90
Gilkes, Wilson and Company 82, 93
Gladstone, William 125, 158, 166
Glancey, Jonathan 201–2
Glasgow 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 163, 192, 214, 244, 246, 282, 307, 308, 311; St Enoch 100, 246
Glastonbury v, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 23
Golden Age of Travel 203, 205, 216
Golden Arrow 29, 45, 48, 97, 107, 241
Golden Years of Metroland (Edwards/Pilgrim) 61
Goole 154, 155, 156, 159, 161, 165
Grand Union Canal 61, 134
Grandborough Road 62
Great Bear, The 201
Great Central Railway 64, 69–70, 116, 140, 146–7, 151, 244
Great Eastern Railway 140, 192, 194, 208, 274, 288
Great North Eastern Railway 96, 109, 212
Great Northern Railway 137, 159, 206–7, 212, 291
Great Western Railway 16, 25, 56, 61, 63, 66, 101, 109, 136, 139, 140, 147, 152, 157, 164, 165, 182–3, 187, 190, 194, 200, 201, 207–8, 215, 220, 221, 226–7, 231, 238, 242, 246, 250, 261, 264, 284, 291
Greathead, James Henry 116–17
Green Arrow 187
Gresley, Sir Nigel vi, 97, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 196, 201, 299, 303, 312
Grigg, Sam: Country Railwaymen 64
Hammond, Alan: The Splendour of the Somerset and Dorset 17
Hampton Ferry 32
Hardwick, Philip 252, 253, 259
Hardy, Thomas: ‘On the Departure Platform’ 4
Harrogate Sunday Pullman 102, 214
Harrow-on-the-Hill 57–8, 60
Hartley Quarry 89, 90
Hassall, John 291
Hawick 300, 302, 304, 307, 308, 309, 310
‘Hayling Billy’ line 293
Heath Robinson, William vii, 8, 14, 116, 142, 260, 262
Hebron, Chris de Winter: Dining at Speed 211
Henderson, Sir Nicholas 46
‘Heritage’ railways 8–9, 23, 231
Hesperus 268–9, 273
Hewitt, Lord Chief Justice 43
Highbridge 13–14, 15, 16, 20
Highland Chieftain 109
Highland Railway 208
Hikers’ Mystery Express 291
Hill, Rowland 286
Hodgson, Richard 308
Holborn Viaduct 247
Holden, James 192–3
Hollingsworth, Brian: The Pleasures of Railways 190–1
Holyhead 29, 101
Hook Continental 29, 107
Hope 266
How to Kill a Railway (BBC programme) 21
HS2 56, 73, 110, 236, 259
HST diesel trains 105, 108, 215
Hubbard, Eric Hesketh 230
Hudson, George 288
Hudson, Kenneth 21
Hull Executive 102–3
Hull Pullman 107
Hush-Hush 201
Ilfracombe 106, 174, 219, 221, 232, 272–3, 288
‘Improved Engine Green’ 3
Industrial Revolution 123, 136, 283, 285, 289, 302
Inter-City 107, 109, 164, 225, 238
Inverness 109, 110, 211, 301
Irish Mail 101, 102
Isaac 171
Isle of Man 107
Isle of Wight 293; Central Railway 141
Ivatt Atlantic 97
James, Henry: Complete Tales 288
Jarocho Express 98
Jordan, Arthur 144, 145
Kemble, Fanny 6
Kent & East Sussex Railway 278
Kentish Belle 211
Kidner, R. W.: The Colonel Stephens Railways 274
Kineton 137, 148, 152
King’s Cross 7, 95, 101, 102, 105, 106, 109, 187, 205, 209, 212, 252, 258, 281
Kinnerley Junction 265, 271, 272, 273, 275, 276
Kirkby Stephen 75, 78, 80, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92
Kirkham North Junction 283
Kitchenside, Geoffrey 210–11
Kitson and Company 198
Kitson-Still locomotive 198–9
Knottingley 160, 161, 165
Ladthwaite Beck 90, 91
Lady of Legend 201
Lakenheath 162–3
Lakes Express 107, 110
Lamport & Holt 120
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 118, 143, 160, 208, 294, 295
Larkin, Philip: Whitsun Weddings 4, 223
Lartigue, Charles 199
Lawton, Joseph 81
Lea Valley Enterprise 103
Leader 196–8
Learmouth, John 307
Lee, Joseph 138
Leeds & Selby Railway 158
Leeds 109, 154, 155, 156, 159, 161, 163, 206–7, 244, 310
Leeds Forge Company 31
Leigh, Chris 181
Leviathan 29–30
Lew 179–80, 181
Light Railways Act, 1896 266
Little Petherick Creek Bridge 230
Liverpool & Manchester Railway 6, 12, 79, 115, 120, 189
Liverpool vi, 107, 110, 111, 112–30, 162, 185, 240–1, 244, 245, 281; Central 245; Exchange 245
Liverpool Overhead Railway (Docker’s Umbrella) vi, 111, 112–30
Liverpool Street 5, 29, 107, 109, 193, 194, 247, 248–9, 290