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History of the Great Western Railway by E. T. MacDermot

From Graces Guide
Title page.

History of the Great Western Railway 1833-1863 by E. T. MacDermot.
Published 1927 by the Great Western Railway Co

See also Great Western Railway

INDEX

  • Abingdon Branch, 176, 408-9.
  • Abingdon Junction, 409.
  • Accidents :
  • - Aynho, 325-6.
  • - Dee Bridge (C. and H.K.), 343-4.
  • - Ealing, 648.
  • - Faringdon Road, 116.
  • - Round Oak (O. W. and W.R.), 521-2.
  • - Salisbury, 409.
  • - Shrivenham, 647-8.
  • - Sonning, 635.
  • - Versailles, 697.
  • - West London Crossing, 444.
  • - Wootton Bassett, 614.
  • - Wootton Bassett Incline, 123.
  • Adcock, W. T., 501, 518, 545, 555.
  • Amalgamation, Proposed:
  • - G.W.R., L. and N.W.R., and L. and S.W.R., 307-8.
  • - G.W.R. and L. and N.AV.R., 318-20.
  • Andover and Redbridge Railway, 446-7.
  • Armstrong, J., 392-3, 789, 808.
  • Armstrong, N., 558, 563.
  • Avon and Gloucestershire Railway, 3, 208, 217-8.
  • Babbage, C., 688.
  • Baker, S., 405-6, 418, 420.
  • Banbury, 296.
  • - Opening to, 300,
  • Bancroft, Alderman J., 357-8, 359, 371, 381, 385, 411.
  • Barrington, Lord, 149, 407, 419, 450, 451.
  • Basing and Bath Railway, 22-4.
  • Basingstoke, 192, 204, 277, 278, 295, 410.
  • - Opening to, 295.
  • Bath:
  • - Skew Bridge, 104, 108, 112-3.
  • - Station, IOS, 115, 139-40, 698-9.
  • - Opening to, 114-5, 131.
  • Bathampton Branch, 285, 395-6, 414-5, 418.
  • - Opening, 414.
  • Berks and Hants Railway, 192-3, 278, 280, 282, 283, 284.
  • - Opening, 294-5.
  • Berks and Hants Extension Railway, 438. Bill of 1834, 11-6, 32.
  • Bill of 1835, 21-5.
  • Birkenhead, G.W. trains to, 411, 412, 433.
  • Birkenhead Railway, 341, 356 , 357-9, 370-2, 380-2, 384-6, 411-3, 426-7, 850.
  • - Agreement with G.W., S. and C., and S. and B., 371-2, 380-1.
  • - Broad Gauge proposed, 383.
  • - Engines, 805-8.
  • - Relations with, 411-3.
  • Running Powers over, 371, 384, 385, 390.
  • - Taken over, 426-7.
  • Birmingham:
  • - Broad Gauge to, 261-72.
  • - Common Station proposed, 312, 321.
  • - Curzon Street Stations, 272, 273.
  • - Duddeston Viaduct, 271-4, 323.
  • - New Street Station, 272, 372, 373, 378, 380, 391.
  • - Opening to, 324-7*
  • - Snow Hill Station, 249, 251, 253, 321, 380.
  • - Train Service, 648-9, 651, 654.
  • Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway, 37-8,193
  • - (and see West London Railway).
  • Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, 163-4, 165, 167, 168, 169-70, 173, 184, 209, 213-6.
  • Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, 247-74.
  • - Acts, 250-1.
  • - Construction, 321-4. Gauge, 251, 261.
  • - Opening, 324-7.
  • - Sale to G.W., 254-61, 269-72, 310.
  • - Seal forged, 260.
  • Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway, 251-76, 335-9, 484.
  • - Act, 252.
  • - Gauge, 252, 269-71.
  • - Opening, 336.
  • - Sale to G.W., 254, 259, 269-72, 310.
  • Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway. {See Stour Valley Railway)
  • Block Telegraph, 441, 607-11, 625.
  • Board of Trade, 117, 221, 242-3, 246, 261, 279, 282-3, 372, 375-6, 377-8, 498, 501-3, 504-5, 594, 640, 698
  • - “Five Kings,” 221-5, 279, 349.
  • - Inspectors:
  • - - Galton, Capt. D., 335-6, 497-8, 500-1, 502-3, 519.
  • - - Pasley, Major-Gen. C. W., 136-7, 171-2, 179, 182-3, 217-8, 221.
  • - - Simmons, Capt. J. 268-9, 297, 299, 300, 474.
  • - - Smith, Sir F., 117-9, 134-5, 170, 592, 596,
  • - - Tyler, Capt., 416, 521, 522.
  • - - Wynne, Capt., 372, 376, 531, 843.
  • - - Yolland, Col, 414.
  • Bourton-on-the-Water Bly., 544, 551.
  • Box Tunnel, 23, 24-5, 126-9, 130, 131-8.
  • - Telegraph, 607-10.
  • Bradford-on-Avon Branch, 10,17, 19, 22, 26, 147, 278, 285, 286, 414-5.
  • Brakes, 633-4, 826, 830, 836, 838, 852.
  • - Trials at Evesham, 522.
  • Brentford Branch, 424-5, 428, 429, 430, 432, 433.
  • Bridges:
  • - Abingdon Road, 179.
  • - Appleford, 178.
  • - Avon, Bristol, 104, 105, 108.
  • - Basildon, 101.
  • - Bath, 104, 108, 112-3, 114, 138.
  • - Bathford, 138.
  • - Bishop’s Road, 42, 46.
  • - Chepstow, 560, 566, 567-9.
  • - Dee, Chester, 343.
  • - Feeder, Bristol, 104, 106.
  • - Harbour, Bristol, 104, 106, 144.
  • - Kennet, 96.
  • - Maidenhead, 60, 89-91.
  • - Moulsford, 101.
  • - Newton St. Loe, 108, 114.
  • - Nuneham, 178.
  • - Severn, Worcester, 542.
  • - Sonning Cutting, 96.
  • - Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, 40-2.
  • - Wye, Hereford, 532.
  • Bridges, Opening:
  • - Gloucester, 305.
  • - Bullo Pill, 575.
  • - Carmarthen, 558.
  • - Gloucester Docks, 306.
  • - Haverfordwest, 577.
  • - Kidwelly, 570.
  • - Loughor, 558, 570.
  • Bridport, 192.
  • - Railway, 416-7.
  • Bright, Robert, 5, 10, 28, 83, 149.
  • Bristol:
  • - And the G.W.R , 4-6, 10, 19, 28, 418, 419.
  • - Half-yearly Meetings at, 420.
  • - L. and S.W. attack on, 446-7.
  • Bristol Committee, 4, 5, 10, 28, 39, 82-3, 105, 114, 142, 160.
  • Bristol Station, 26, 103, 114-5, 140-2, 212.
  • - Central Station proposed, 447.
  • - Coke Ovens, 144.
  • - Express Platform, 647, 655.
  • - Goods Station, 142, 684.
  • - Narrow Gauge at, 216, 332.
  • Bristol and Birmingham Railway, 200, 213-6.
  • Bristol and Exeter Railway, 38, 130, 151, 162, 190, 278, 280, 281, 283, 284, 289, 291, 292, 302, 318, 645, 655, 656, 657, 759, 761, 790, 843.
  • - Junction with, 144-5.
  • - Lease of, 151, 302.
  • - Purchase of, proposed, 281-2.
  • Bristol and Gloucester Railway, 169, 173, 181, 184, 207-18.
  • - Agreement with Birmingham and Gloucester, 213.
  • - Agreement with G.W., 210-1.
  • - Broad Gauge adopted, 210-1.
  • - Mixed Gauge, 216-7.
  • - Narrow Gauge, 209.
  • - Opening, 212.
  • - Purchase by Midland, 214-6.
  • Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway, 3, 207-8.
  • Bristol and South Western Junction Railway, 446-7.
  • Broad Gauge (7 ft.):
  • - Adopted, 36.
  • - Brunel’s Defence, 65-71.
  • - Brunel’s Reply, 76-8.
  • - Case for, 237-41, 265.
  • - Established, 86-7.
  • - Extent of, in 1866, 207.
  • - Extinction, 207.
  • - Hawkshaw’s Report, 74-6.
  • - Northern Extremity, 276, 389, 428.
  • - On O.W. and W. Railway, 420.
  • - Popularity, 201, 265.
  • - Proposed, 31-5.
  • - to Birkenhead, proposed, 383.
  • - to Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 261-72.
  • - Wood’s Report, 78-80.
  • Brompton, Terminus at, 14.
  • Brunel, I. K., 5, 12, 13-4, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31-5, 38-42, 46-9, 60, 61-2, 65- 84, 119, 122-3, 129-30, 134-7, 149, 150,155, 225, 230, 232, 263, 267-8, 281, 289, 291, 314, 321, 329, 330, 332, 335, 336, 403, 415, 417, 425-6, 460, 465, 490, 495-6, 503, 537, 539, 556, 557, 565, 567, 573, 574, 578, 589, 592, 596, 604, 685, 688, 689, 690, 698, 706-12, 715-6, 719, 720, 729, 730-1, 738, 743, 750, 752, 763, 818, 822-3, 824, 825, 831, 838, 853.
  • Buckinghamshire Railway, 266, 272, 296-9, 301, 477, 487, 499, 507, 508.
  • Buckland, Rev. Dr. W., 136, 138.
  • Bullo Pill Railway. {See Forest of Dean.)
  • Bull's Bridge (Hayes), 54, 329, 425.
  • - By-laws, 696-7.
  • Canals:
  • - Kennet and Avon, q.v.
  • - Thames and Severn, 163.
  • - Birmingham, 338, 349, 360.
  • - Shropshire Union, 348, 351, 358.
  • Cannock Chase, Proposed Branch, 276.
  • Capital, 10, 11, 17, 21, 147-8, 175, 198, 309, 310, 312, 398, 402-3, 430.
  • Capstans:
  • - Point, 589-91.
  • - Signal, 604, 614.
  • Carmarthen, 569, 572, 580.
  • - Drawbridge, 572-3.
  • Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway, 580.
  • Carriage Trucks, 633-4, 699, 820-1.
  • Carriage Works:
  • - Paddington, 330, 833, 838, 841, 847.
  • - Saltney, 850.
  • Carriages, 55, 69, 92-3, 348, 440, 633, 818-50.
  • - Between Wheels, 818-22.
  • - Composite, 841, 842, 847.
  • - Eight-wheeled, 440, 831, 838, 840-1, 844-5.
  • - First-class, 55, 633, 823, 825-6, 836-7, 841.
  • - Four-wheeled, 819, 821, 823-4, 825.
  • - Horse Boxes, 831-2.
  • - Lighting of, 134-5, 691, 698, 833, 842, 844, 845.
  • - Locking doors of, 693, 695, 697-8.
  • - Narrow-gauge, 537, 848-50.
  • - Posting, 55, 92-3, 819-20.
  • - Royal Saloons, 830-1, 838, 840-1.
  • - Second-class, 55, 93, 633, 641, 823, 826-7, 833, 841, 842, 843.
  • - Six-wheeled, 825-7.
  • - Slip, 652-4.
  • - Third-class, 632, 635, 640, 827-30, 834-6, 841, 842.
  • - Wheels, 818-9, 827, 831, 847.
  • Casson, J. L., 60, 62, 81.
  • Castle Cary, 284.
  • Chairmen [sec Names):
  • - Barrington, Lord, 407.
  • - Ponsonhy, Hon. F. G. B., 419.
  • - Russell, C., 149.
  • - Shaw, B., 27.
  • - Shelburne, Lord, 424.
  • - Sims, W. U., 50.
  • - Walpole, Rt. Hon. S. H., 401, 448.
  • Chapman, T. J., 28, 160.
  • Cheltenham, 463, 464.
  • - Branch, 181-90 [and see Cheltenham and G.W. Union Railway).
  • - Lansdown Junction, 186-7.
  • - Opening to, 188.
  • - Station, 165, 168, 174, 184-5, 188.
  • - Train Service, 647.
  • Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, 38, 125, 151, 162-75.
  • - Chairmen, 166, 172.
  • - Gauge, 165-6.
  • - Lease, 151, 166-7, 170.
  • - Opening (partial), 170.
  • - Route, 162, 164.
  • - Sale, 173-4.
  • Chester, 340, 341.
  • - Battle of, 356-7.
  • - Station, 341, 346, 357.
  • Chester and Holyhead Railway, 341, 342, 343, 356, 388, 421.
  • - Running Powers over, 371.
  • Chippenham:
  • - Opening to, 124-5.
  • - Station, 125, 417.
  • - Thingley Junction, 286, 295, 417.
  • Clarke, Frederick, 114, 160, 563, 586, 596, 677-9.
  • Clarke, Seymour, 57, 160, 230, 588, 616, 618, 628-32, 661, 663, 677-9, 685.
  • Clive, Hon. R., 365, 377.
  • Coal Traffic, 329, 339, 406-7, 412, 684.
  • Coke Ovens:
  • - Bristol, 144.
  • - West Drayton, 53.
  • Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway, 534, 536, 550.
  • Collieries (G. W.):
  • - Cilely, 438.
  • - Gyfeillon, 764.
  • Committee of Consultation, 1849, 308-11, 400.
  • Committee of Investigation, 1855, 401-5.
  • Communication between Guards and Drivers, 691-2, 843-4.
  • Compton and Wilton Railway, 284.
  • Conductors, 672-3, 674, 693, 698.
  • Contractors:
  • - Brassey, T., 293, 344, 434-5, 533.
  • - Brotherhood, 685-6.
  • - Burge, G., 127, 128.
  • - Chadwick, 89-90.
  • - Grissell and Peto, 39.
  • - Kennard, T. W., 531.
  • - Knowles, 95.
  • - Marchant, 495-6.
  • - Lewis and Brewer, 127.
  • - McIntosh, 105-6.
  • - Oldham, 90.
  • - Peto and Betts, 321, 476, 486, 491, 495, 498.
  • - Ranger, 94, 105, 106.
  • - Rennie, J., 529.
  • - Rigby, J. and C., 152-3, 643-4.
  • - Treadwells, 476, 486, 491, 576.
  • Cooke, W. F., 616, 619, 622
  • Cornwall Railway, 191, 193, 195, 283, 425.
  • Cornwall and Devon Central Railway, 279, 283, 284.
  • Cuttings:
  • - Harbury, 321, 322.
  • - Llansamlet, 565.
  • - Llanvihangel, 531.
  • - Sonning, 94-6.
  • Deputy Chairmen [see Names):
  • - Barrington, Lord, 407, 419.
  • - Bright, R., 28.
  • - Miles, J. W., 407.
  • Detonators, 613.
  • Devizes Branch, 192, 278, 285, 396, 416.
  • Devon and Dorset Railway, 289-92.
  • Didcot:
  • - Avoiding Line, 410, 433.
  • - Station, 180, 433.
  • Directors, 10, 28, 50-1, 148-9, 160, 161, 308, 310, 397, 405-6, 418, 419, 420, 431, 448-50, 553.
  • - Nominated, 341, 397, 450.-
  • - Number of, 28, 160, 310, 397, 450.
  • - Opposition to, 405-6, 418-20, 448, 451-2.
  • Dividends, 306, 308, 315, 395, 398, 406, 418, 431.
  • Divisions of the Line, 677-81.
  • Dorchester Junction, 281, 396, 413-4.
  • Dublin, proposed routes to, 150-1, 463.
  • Fares, 55, 627, 636, 639.
  • - Express, 656.
  • - Third-class, 640.
  • Faringdon Road (Challow):
  • - Accident at, 116.
  • - Opening to, 103.
  • Fenton, W., 515, 517, 519, 544, 545-6, 555.
  • Fishguard, 556, 558, 560, 562, 565, 566, 570.
  • Fitzmaurice, Hon. W. E., 531.
  • “ Five Kings.” (See Board of Trade.)
  • “Flying Dutchman,” The, 645, 648, 655-6.
  • Forest of Dean Railway, 574-5.
  • Forged Seals, 260, 367.
  • Frome, 278.
  • - Opening to, 286-7.
  • Frome, Yeovil and Weymouth Railway, 287.
  • Fusees, 613-4.
  • Gauge Act, 201, 244-5.
  • Gauge, Break of, 200, 206, 207, 211-3, 222, 224, 230, 232, 234, 237-8, 263, 339, 427-8, 429-30, 573, 662.
  • - Basingstoke, 295, 663.
  • - Gloucester, 211, 212-3, 662.
  • - Wolverhampton, 206, 339, 427-8, 429-30.
  • Gauge Commission, 200-1, 229-42, 765.
  • - Commissioners, 229-30, 766-7.
  • - Engine Trials, 230-2, 766-78.
  • - Report, 200-1, 232-5, 768.
  • Gauge Commission Report, Observations on, 235-41.
  • - Additional Observations, 242.
  • Gauge War, 199-293, 328, 389, 400, 428.
  • Gauges:
  • - Compared, 234.
  • - 4 ft. 8 in., 29-30.
  • - 4 ft. 8J in., 30-1.
  • - 6 ft. 10 in. to 7 ft. proposed by Brunel, 31-5.
  • - 7 ft. decided on, 36.
  • - Irish, 6 ft. 2 in., 65. 5 ft. 3 in., 822.
  • - (And see Broad Gauge, Narrow Gauge, Mixed Gauge.)
  • Gibbs, G. H., 6, 10, 28, 50, 53, 54-5, 60, 61-3, 73, 74, 76, 80-3, 84, 87, 149, 157, 618, 688.
  • Gibbs, James, 648.
  • Gibson, J., 838, 842, 847.
  • Gloucester:
  • - Avoiding Line, 185-9.
  • - Barnwood Junction, 185, 186, 187, 606.
  • - Docks Brandl, 305-6.
  • - Millstream Junction, 185, 188.
  • - Opening Bridge, 305.
  • - Opening to, 184.
  • - Station, 165, 167, 168, 184, 305.
  • - T Station, 188-9, 212, 647.
  • - Tramway Junction, 187, 189, 605, 606.
  • Gloucester-Cheltenham Line, 163-4, 165-8, 169-70, 181, 184-90, 327, 606.
  • Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway, 164.
  • Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, 192, 193, 195, 301, 303, 304-6, 315, 558-9.
  • - Lease of, 305.
  • - Opening, 305.
  • Gooch, D., 51, 54, 83, 84, 119-21,133, 225, 230, 231, 263, 326, 333, 406, 572, 583, 584, 591, 601, 642, 644, 645, 655, 687, 690, 712-4, 717, 718, 721, 726-7, 729, 748-50, 751, 753-7, 759, 761, 763, 764, 765-8, ; 772-3, 780-1, 787, 789, 802-4, 809, 821, 825, 832, 833.
  • - Dynamometer Car, 781.
  • - Link motion, 765.
  • - Steeled tyres, 764.
  • Goods Managers:
  • - Drewe, A. J., 311, 403, 681-2, 683.
  • - English, W., 683.
  • - Forbes, J. S., 403, 682.
  • - Grierson, J.,
  • - Newcombe, W. L., 403-4, 682-3.
  • Goods Traffic, 93, 116, 121, 309, 312, 327, 337-9, 357-9, 360, 403, 404, 430,632, 681, 683-4.
  • Gore, W. Ormsby, 344, 361, 365-6, 367, 393.
  • Gradients, 23, 25, 124, 127, 182, 323.
  • Grand Junction Canal, 27.
  • Grand Junction Railway, 30, 226-8, 247-9, 252, 272, 349, 484.
  • Great Eastern Steamship, 582.
  • Great Western Railway, title, 9, 26.
  • Great Western and Brentford Railway, 424-5 {and see Brentford Branch).
  • Great Western Uxbridge Railway, 196.
  • Grierson, J., 391-2, 404, 447, 452, 683.
  • Grosmont Railway, 527, 528, 530.
  • Guards:
  • - Goods, 675.
  • - Passenger, 633, 673, 698.
  • - Uniform, 674-5.
  • Handborough Junction, 508, 514, 549.
  • Hawkshaw, J., 73, 74-6, 225, 379-80, 539.
  • Hay Lane, 116-7, 119, 125.
  • - Coaches from, 121-2.
  • - Opening to, 119.
  • Henley Branch, 195, 196, 329, 417.
  • Hereford:
  • - Barr’s Court Junction, 531, 541.
  • - Barr’s Court Station, 399, 435.
  • - Barton Station, 531, 537, 541, 551.
  • - Opening to, 399.
  • - Railway, 527, 528, 530.
  • - Shelwick Junction, 539, 541, 551.
  • Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway, 302, 315, 398-9, 434.
  • - Absorbed, 434.
  • - Openings, 328, 398.
  • Horse Boxes, 831-2.
  • Hudson, George, 215, 225.
  • Huish, Capt. Mark, 225, 228, 256, 261, 296, 298, 301, 312, 318-9, 320, 354-6, 358, 359-60, 363, 368, 369-70, 381, 386, 398, 421, 453, 507, 508, 532, 533, 538.
  • Hungerford, 278, 282.
  • - Opening to, 294.
  • Inclines:
  • - Box, 23, 25, 127, 133, 135.
  • - Wootton Bassett, 124.
  • Ireland, Railways in, 561, 562.
  • Jones, George, 4, 10, 28, 210, 215.
  • Kemble Junction, 165, 184, 409.
  • Kennet and Avon Canal, 13, 126, 208, 315, 415.
  • Kensington:
  • - Canal, 38, 193.
  • - Station, 445.
  • King of Prussia, 660.
  • Knox, George, 363, 365, 374, 393, 844.
  • Lardner, Dr. D., 14, 24-5, 73, 74, 78, 79, 84, 688.
  • Leamington, 312, 321, 324, 327.
  • Leominster and Kington Railway, 552.
  • Level Crossings:
  • - Railway, 38, 184, 187, 193-5.
  • - Road, 117-8.
  • Levers:
  • - Point, 591.
  • - Signal, 604.
  • Lighting :
  • - of Box Tunnel, 134-5.
  • - of Carriages. {See Carriages.)
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 3, 19, 30, 135.
  • Llanelly Railway, 570, 573.
  • Llanvihangel Railway, 527, 528, 530.
  • Llynvi Valley Railway, 575, 580.
  • Locke, J., 14, 25, 81, 263, 282, 285, 288, 291, 293, 539.
  • Locomotive Works :
  • - Saltney, 343, 392, 795.
  • - Swindon, q.v.
  • - Wolverhampton (High Level), 393, 801.
  • - Wolverhampton (Stafford Road), 801-2.
  • - Wolverhampton, First Engine built at, 808.
  • - Worcester, 814.
  • London, City of:
  • - Coal Duty, 27.
  • - “City Stone” at Hillingdon, 27.
  • - Offices 17 Cornhill, 20; Prince’s Street, 27-8.
  • London Committee, 6, 9, 10, 28, 39, ; 81-2, 160.
  • London Terminus:
  • - Brompton, 14.
  • - Euston, 19, 28, 35, 36.
  • - Paddington, 35, 37.
  • - Vauxhall Bridge, 12, 14.
  • London, Buckinghamshire and West Midland Junction Railway, 546-7.
  • London and Birmingham Railway, 30, 38, 62-3, 163, 193, 221, 224, 226, 228, 247-8, 249, 250, 252, 341, 348-9, 400.
  • - Proposed Junction, 19, 26, 27, 35-6.
  • London and Greenwich Railway, 31.
  • London and North Western Railway, 202, 228, 254-8, 261, 262, 269*, 271-4, 296-301, 312, 317-8, 321, 349, 351, 352, 354-91 passim, 397, 411, 423-4, 431, 435-7, 477-9, 487, 499, 507, 508, 514, 529, 530, 532-3, 538, 540, 545, 547, 548, 549, 551-2, 684.
  • - Agreements with, 398, 421, 447.
  • - Proposed Amalgamation, 318-20.
  • - Yarnton Loop, 487, 499, 507, 508, 545, 548-9.
  • London and Southampton Railway, 15, 22, 31, 277.
  • London and South Western Railway, 277, 284, 287-9, 290-3, 295, 396, 420-1, 445-7, 654.
  • - Agreements with, 279-80,282-3,447.
  • Luggage, 632-3, 843.
  • - On the roofs, 633, 843-4.
  • - Vans, 833, 838, 841.
  • Maidenhead:
  • - Bridge, 60, 89-91.
  • - Corporation, 15, 27.
  • - Opening to, 37, 55, 58-60.
  • - Stations, 42, 54, 57 n., 88-9, 335.
  • - Wycombe Junction, 333.
  • Management, 159, 160-1, 405-6, 408, 418-9.
  • - Committee of (1861-3), 431, 434, 547-8.
  • Manchester, Access to, 370-1, 412, 421, 427, 433, 509.
  • Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway, 436, 552.
  • Metropolitan Railway, 206, 439-42, 625, 787-9, 844-5.
  • Midland Railway, 190, 214-7, 221, 226, 248, 332-3, 476, 477-9, 490, 525, 538, 540, 541, 684.
  • - Agreement with, 447.
  • Mid-Western Schemes, 486-7, 491, 498-9, 545-7.
  • Miles, John William, 407, 419.
  • Milford Haven, 566, 570, 577, 578-9, 581-2.
  • Minera Branch, 341, 342, 344.
  • Mixed Gauge, 185, 222-3, 226, 232, 266-271, 333, 337, 539.
  • - At Cardiff, 574.
  • - At Ealing, 1847, 268.
  • - Birmingham - Wolverhampton, 336-7, 411.
  • - Bristol-Standish, 216-7, 332.
  • - Dorchester-Weymouth, 281, 396, 413.
  • - Extent of, in 1866, 207.
  • - Gloucester-Cheltenham, 166,185-8.
  • - Junctions, 188.
  • - Mangotsfield-Westerleigh, 217.
  • - Method of laying, 185-6, 267-9, 327.
  • - Metropolitan Railway, 439.
  • - Oxford-Basingstoke, 246-7, 410.
  • - Oxford-Birmingham, 323-4, 327-8 410-1.
  • - Reading-Paddington, 206, 428-30, 432.
  • - West London Extension Railway, 444-5.
  • - West London Railway, 195.
  • - Wolverhampton-Basingstoke, 204, 206, 397, 410.
  • Monmouth and Hereford Railway, 192-3, 294, 301-2, 304, 528.
  • - Gauge, 244.
  • Monmouthshire Railway, 436, 526, 532, 534, 550, 552, 573.
  • Morris, P., 455, 536-7, 555.
  • Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway, 544, 551.
  • Narrow Gauge (4 ft. 8.5 in.):
  • - At Reading, 422-3, 432.
  • - Established, 30-1.
  • - Origin, 29-30.
  • - Oxford - Basingstoke, 389, 397, 410.
  • - To Paddington, 428-30, 432, 551.
  • - “New Milford,” 579 {and see Neyland).
  • Newbury, 277-8.
  • Newport, Mill Street Station, 532.
  • Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, 386, 388, 391, 412, 428, 435, 436, 524-6, 526-37, 540, 541.
  • - Aberdare Extension, 534.
  • - Capital, 527.
  • - Chairmen. (See Fitzmaurice, Price.)
  • - Crumlin Viaduct, 530-1, 534.
  • - Engines, 533, 537, 814.
  • - Llanhilleth Branch, 534.
  • - Manager. {See Morris.)
  • - Opening, 531, 534.
  • - Permanent Way, 536, 554.
  • - Taft Vale Extension, 528, 530, 533.
  • - (And see West Midland Railway)
  • Neyland, 570, 577, 578-9, 581-2.
  • North Wales Mineral Railway, 341-3.
  • Northern Division, 397.
  • Osler, T. (Bristol Secretary), 160, 161.
  • Oswestry, 346, 348.
  • Oxford:
  • - Branch, 10, 17, 175-81.
  • - Floods near, 649-51.
  • - L. and N.W.R., 297, 500, 508.
  • - Millstream Junction, 300, 322, 324, 500.
  • - New Station, 322, 325, 327, 496.
  • - Old Station, 177, 180-1, 500, 519.
  • - Opening to, 180.
  • - O.W. and W.R., 492, 496-9, 499-500, 507, 508, 519.
  • - Railway Company, 175, 177-8.
  • - Train Service, 647.
  • - University, 176, 177, 219.
  • - Wolvercot Junction, 487, 497, 498.
  • Oxford and Rugby Railway, 192-3, 218-29, 271, 294, 295-301, 487.
  • - Mixed Gauge on, 226, 243, 246, 267-9, 296-301, 327-8, 496.
  • - Opening, 300, 322-4, 327.
  • - Partial Abandonment, 296.
  • Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, 192-3, 204, 219-29,251, 275-6, 327, 335, 388, 420, 428, 457- 525, 538, 540, 541.
  • - Battle of Mickleton, 494-6.
  • - Board of Trade Fight, 501-3.
  • - Broad-gauge Train on, 497-8, 510.
  • - Capital, 458, 465, 477, 511, 515 516.
  • - Chairmen. {See Rufford, Ward, Rushout, Fenton.)
  • - Chipping Norton Branch, 524.
  • - Engines, 490, 511, 514, 518, 811-4.
  • - Gauge, 226, 243, 458, 472, 477, 479, 488-9, 490, 492-4, 496-8, 500-7, 510, 512, 513, 517, 519-21.
  • - G.W. Agreement, 420, 519-20, 545-6.
  • - G.W., Completion by, 478, 485.
  • - G.W. Directors, 458, 488.
  • - G.W. Lease and and guarantee, 458- 62, 464, 466-9, 470, 479-82.
  • - G.W., War with, 313, 482-5, 486-9, 491-4, 499, 50.3-6, 512, 519-20.
  • - Headquarters, 518.
  • - L. and N.W. Relations, 477-9, 487, 499, 507-8, 513, 515, 548.
  • - Opening, 327, 476, 489, 490, 497-8, 507, 508-9.
  • - Permanent Way, 518, 554.
  • - Secretaries. {See Smith, Adcock.)
  • - Signals, 498.
  • - Stratford Branch, 524, 550.
  • - Train Service, 500, 508.
  • - Working, 490, 514, 518.
  • - (And see West Midland Bly.)
  • Paddington:
  • - Bishop’s Road Station, 440.
  • - Canal, 37, 42.
  • - Extension, 37, 42, 50, 148.
  • - Hotel, 314, 330, 332, 402.
  • - Narrow Gauge at, 432.
  • - Station, 37, 45-6, 313-4, 329-30, 402, 606.
  • Parson, John, 476-8, 479-81, 482-3, 486, 489, 491, 493, 501, 504, 505, 507, 511-2, 513, 515-6, 517, 519, 521, 545, 553-4.
  • Passenger Arrangements, 693-702.
  • - By-laws, 696-7.
  • - Children, 695-6.
  • - Cloak Booms, 700.
  • - Fares, 55, 627, 636, 639, 695.
  • - Fares, Express, 656.
  • - Foot-warmers, 702.
  • - Ladies’ Compartments, 699.
  • - Luggage, 699-700.
  • - Private Carriages, 699.
  • - Tickets, 693-5, 698.
  • - Tickets, Return, 700, 702.
  • - Tickets, Season, 702.
  • - Waybills, 693, 698.
  • Permanent Way:
  • - Bathampton Branch, 415-6.
  • - Bridport Railway, 416.
  • - Later Forms, 92, 99, 113, 686.
  • - Maintenance, 685-6.
  • - Mixed Gauge, 186.
  • - Original Form, 47-9, 54, 60-3, 72, 76, 80, 85.
  • - O.W. and W.B., 518.
  • - Shrewsbury Lines, 391.
  • - Weymouth Branch, 413.
  • - Wycombe Branch, 334.
  • Peto, Sir M., 515, 517, 524.
  • “Picture, The,” 315-6.
  • Point Indicators, 588-91.
  • Points:
  • - Facing, 417, 589.
  • - Safety, 614.
  • Police, 587, 588-9, 613, 669-72, 691.
  • - Booking Constables, 681.
  • - Boxes, 587, 589.
  • - Inspectors, 671-2.
  • - Sub-Inspectors, 671-2.
  • - Switchmen, 588, 671.
  • - Uniform, 674-6.
  • Ponsonby, Hon. F. G. B., 419-22, 424, 448, 452, 519.
  • Porters, 673.
  • - Travelling, 692.
  • - Uniform, 674-5.
  • Porth Dynlleyn (Carnarvonshire),
  • - Proposed line to, 150-1, 463.
  • Post Office, 634, 651-2.
  • - Mail Trains, 634, 651-2.
  • - Sorting Carriages, 634.
  • - Special Postal Trains, 651-2.
  • Potter, R., 405-6, 418, 450.
  • Price, W. P., 544.
  • Prince Albert, 332, 659, 660-2, 664.
  • Prince of Wales, 332, 662.
  • Prospectus, Great Western Railway:
  • - First, 9-10.
  • - Supplementary, 16-7.
  • - Second, 19.
  • Provident Society, 676.
  • Queen Adelaide, 660.
  • Queen Victoria, 456, 659-65.
  • Radstock Branch, 192, 278, 287, 339.
  • Rails:
  • - Barlow, 334, 531, 534, 569, 570, 577.
  • - Box Tunnel, 133.
  • - Bridge, 49, 92, 686.
  • - MacDonnell’s, 416-7.
  • - Seaton’s, 686.
  • - T, 416.
  • Railway Commissioners, 1846-51, 261-9, 296-301, 472-3, 474-5, 478.
  • Reading:
  • - Competition at, 420-1, 684.
  • - Junction with S.E.R., 422-3.
  • - Loop Line, 397, 410.
  • - Opening to, 99.
  • - Signal Works, 606.
  • - Southcot Junction, 295.
  • - Station, 96-9, 432-3.
  • Rigby, J. and C., 152-3, 643-4.
  • Robertson, H., 341, 342, 344, 361, 406, 434.
  • Routes proposed, London-Bristol, 2, 3, 5, 12, 14, 16-7, 19, 22, 26.
  • Roy, Robert, 341, 354-6, 363, 368, ' 393.
  • Royal Saloons, 830-1, 838, 840-1.
  • Royal Trains, 392, 659-66.
  • Ruabon, 341,
  • - Coal Company, 406-7, 418.
  • - Opening, Chester to, 342.
  • Rufford, F., 460, 462, 466, 477, 481-2.
  • Rushout, Capt. G., 478, 490, 505.
  • Russell, Charles, 22, 27, 51, 62, 81, 149-50, 191, 255, 277, 283, 287, 309, 315-8, 320, 399-401, 408, 446, 460, 469, 473, 481, 490, 517, 558, 562, 660.
  • Saltney, Dee Branch, 342, 343.
  • - Works, 343, 392, 795, 850.
  • Sapperton Tunnel, 167, 168, 182-3, 610.
  • Saunders, Charles A., 9, 10, 11, 20-1, 27, 36, 46, 61, 62, 81, 82, 118, 131, 149, 159, 160, 215, 224, 225, 230, 235, 281, 287, 291, 296, 299, 309, 312, 356, 363, 389, 398, 405, 407-8, 421, 431, 436, 441, 450-6, 473, 475, 481, 492, 503, 504, 517, 588-9, 598-9, 601, 616, 617, 628, 642, 655, 660, 663, 678, 698.
  • Saunders, Frederick G., 563, 572, 586.
  • Secretaries:
  • - Chapman, T. J., 28.
  • - Osler, T., 160.
  • - Saunders, C. A., 9, 159.
  • - Tothill, W., 4.
  • Severn and Wye Railway, 575.
  • Severn Valley Railway, 544, 551.
  • Shaw, Benjamin, 10, 27, 28, 50, 149.
  • Shelburne, Lord, 424, 448, 450, 451, 452, 545-6, 584.
  • Sherriff, A. C., 452, 518, 545, 555.
  • Shrewsbury, 346, 350.
  • - Station, 346.
  • Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, 275, 276, 312, 335, 339, 348-54, 359-68, 372-80, 382-3, 386-90.
  • - Alliance with G.W., 363.
  • - Amalgamation with G.W., 366-7, 382-3, 386-90, 397.
  • - Broad Gauge on, 350-1, 383, 389.
  • - Capital, 402-3.
  • - Carriages, 848-9.
  • - Chairmen, 393.
  • - Dividends, 393.
  • - Engines, 795, 799-801.
  • - Locomotive Superintendents, 392-3.
  • - Openings, 353.
  • - Seal forged, 367.
  • - Secretaries, 393.
  • - War with L. and N. W., 359-68, 372-80.
  • Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, 312, 340-8, 354-9, 362, 370-1, 382-3, 384-6) 386-93.
  • - Alliance with G.W., 363.
  • - Amalgamation with G.W., 366, 368-9, 382-3, 386-90, 397.
  • - Bailiffs in possession, 385.
  • - Broad Gauge proposed, 383, 389.
  • - Capital, 402-3.
  • - Carriages, 848-9.
  • - Chairmen, 393.
  • - Dividends, 393.
  • - Engines, 795-9.
  • - Locomotive Superintendents, 392.
  • - Openings, 342, 346.
  • - Secretaries, 393.
  • - War with L. and N.W., 354-9, 388-71.
  • Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, 346, 386, 391, 399, 434-7, 526, 531, 551.
  • - Broad Gauge proposed, 383. Engines, 816-7.
  • - Leased to G.W., W.M., and L. and N.W., 435-7, 551.
  • - Opening, 435, 531.
  • Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Line, 350, 352.
  • - Fares, 360.
  • - Opening, 353.
  • Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway, 342, 343, 346.
  • Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Railway, 349-50.
  • Shropshire Union Railway, 348, 350, 351, 353, 359-60, 388.
  • Sidings:
  • - Safety Points, 614.
  • - Scotch Blocks, 614.
  • Signalmen. {See Police.)
  • Signals, 171, 391, 587-614.
  • - Auxiliary, 602, 604.
  • - Ball, 591-2.
  • - Bells, 597-8.
  • - Board, 596-8, 601.
  • - Disc-and-Crossbar, 171, 598-600, 602-4, 608.
  • - Down and Up, 602.
  • - Junction, 599, 603.
  • - Level Crossing, 602, 614.
  • - Distant, 602, 604.
  • - “Fantail,” 594, 596-8, 600, 601, 614. __
  • - Flag, 594-6.
  • - Fusee, 613-4.
  • - Hand, 587, 589, 595, 598.
  • - Hand-flags, 602.
  • - Hand-lamps, 587, 594, 598.
  • - Lamps, 594, 597, 599, 601.
  • - Semaphore, 391, 498, 536, 605-6.
  • - Train, 691.
  • - Windsor “ Drum,” 604.
  • Sims, William, Unwin, 10, 28, 50, 60, 62, 73, 74, 81, 82, 148-9, 618.
  • Single Lines, Working of, 611.
  • Sirhowy Tramway, 534.
  • Slip Carriages, 652-4.
  • Slough, 57-8, 152, 660.
  • - Murder, 620-2.
  • - Telegraph to, 619-22, 623, 624.
  • - Works at, 606.
  • Smith, N. T., 492, 497, 506, 518.
  • Smithfield Market, 440.
  • Smoking, 696, 699.
  • Sonning Cutting, 94-6.
  • South Devon Railway, 191, 284, 302-3, 318, 447, 641, 746, 782, 791.
  • South Eastern Railway, 420, 422-3.
  • South Staffordshire Railway, 252, 276, 335.
  • South Wales Railway, 191, 193, 303-4, 318, 433, 556-86.
  • - Amalgamation, 433-4, 447-8, 585-6.
  • - Branches:
  • - - Bute Docks, 579-80.
  • - - Haverfordwest, 559.
  • - - Monmouth, 558, 576.
  • - - Pembroke, 556, 558, 576.
  • - - Swansea, 559, 563, 570, 579.
  • - Capital, 556, 558.
  • - Chairmen. {See Russell, Talbot.)
  • - Gauge, 243, 244, 558, 574, 581.
  • - Goods and Coal Traffic, 564-5, 567, 571, 581.
  • - G.W.R. Disputes, 561-2, 565-6, 570-2, 582-5.
  • - G.W.R. Lease, 303, 433-4, 559-60, 561, 565, 566, 570, 585.
  • - Headquarters, 563.
  • - Opening, 303, 563, 567, 569, 570, 572, 577, 579, 580.
  • - Permanent Way, 563, 569, 577.
  • - Secretaries. (See Armstrong, N., Saunders, F. G.)
  • - Signals, 563.
  • - Superintendent. {See Clarke, F.)
  • South Wales Mineral Railway, 580.
  • Southampton, 445-6.
  • Southampton and Dorchester Railway, 278-9, 281, 282, 283, 287.
  • - Mixed Gauge on, 396, 413-4.
  • - Running Powers on, 396.-
  • Spagnoletti, C. E., 624.
  • Speed, 58, 62, 79, 83-4, 99, 202-3, 223-4, 232, 234, 236, 265, 634, 641-3, 644-7, 648, 654-6, 714, 716, 743, 759, 766, 770, 779-80.
  • Staff, 310-1, 315, 333, 455, 669-76.
  • - First woman on, 674.
  • Standish Junction, 181, 184,191, 208, 209, 210, 216, 217, 556, 558.
  • Station Clerks, 678, 680.
  • Station Masters, 681.
  • Stations, One-sided, 58, 96-9, 305, 336.
  • Steamer Services:
  • - Cork, 579.
  • - Waterford, 578, 579.
  • Stephenson, G., 14, 23, 25, 29-30, 177, 340.
  • Stephenson, R., 30, 35, 62, 64, 150, 225, 262, 263, 267-8, 272, 3.32, 343, 496, 539, 716, 752.
  • Steventon:
  • - Board Meetings at, 160-1, 619.
  • - Opening to, 102.
  • - Station for Oxford, 102, 176.
  • Stockton and Darlington Railway, 3, 29.
  • Stour Valley Railway, 252, 272, 273, 275, 335, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 372-80.
  • - Opening, 378.
  • - Running Powers over, 352, 373, 378-80, 391.
  • Stourbridge Railway, 544, 552, 555.
  • Stratford and Moreton Railway, 497, 522-4, 544.
  • Stratford-on-Avon:
  • - Branch of O. W. and W.R., 438, 464, 524.
  • - Railway, 437-8. Sturrock, A., 156, 442.
  • Sunday Trains, 24, 55, 626.
  • Superintendent of the Line, 159, 678 (and see Saunders, C. A.).
  • Superintendents:
  • - Carriage and Waggon, 838, 849.
  • - District, 678, 680-1.
  • - Divisional, 678-9.
  • - - Clarke, F., q.v.
  • - - Clarke, S., q.v.
  • - - Graham, T., 655, 679.
  • - - Kelley, J., 655, 680, 849.
  • - - Tyrrell, G. N., 679, 680.
  • - Locomotive. {See Gooch, D., Armstrong, J.)
  • - Telegraph, 624.
  • Swansea:
  • - Branch, 559.
  • - Coal Branch, 570, 579.
  • - Docks, 570.
  • - Harbour Railway, 579.
  • - Opening to, 563.
  • Swansea Vale Railway, 575-6.
  • Swindon, 119.
  • - Church and School, 157, 159.
  • - Locomotive Works, 119-21, 151-2, 156-7, 333.
  • - First Engines built at, 768, 770, 802.
  • - Rolling Mill, 687.
  • - Vans, etc., built at, 833, 834, 841, 851.
  • - New Town, 119, 152, 157, 333.
  • - Refreshment Rooms, 152-6, 643-4.
  • - Station, 125, 155.
  • Taff Vale Railway, 436, 528, 534, 573-4, 586.
  • - Agreement with, 447.
  • Talbot, C. R. M., 562, 570, 571, 582, 583, 586.
  • Telegraph, 318, 391, 399, 409, 410, 413, 616-25.
  • - Instruments:
  • - - Double Needle, 619-20, 623.
  • - - Five Needle, 617-8.
  • - - Single Needle, 623, 625.
  • - - Superintendent, 624.
  • Train Signalling by, 409, 410, 441, 607-12.
  • Tenbury and Bewdley Railway, 644.
  • Thames and Severn Canal, 163, 183.
  • Third-class Passengers, 93-4, 116, 392, 632-3, 634, 640-1, 658-9, 699, 827-30, 834-6, 841, 842.
  • Time Intervals, 595, 606-7, 691.
  • Time Tables, 628,^634, 637, 638.
  • Tothill, W., 4, 10, 28.
  • Train Bills, 626, 628,^634, 636.
  • Train Service, 55, 626-59.
  • - Side and Tail Lamps, 691.
  • - Working, 688-92.
  • Trains:
  • - “Cheap,” 640-1, 658-9.
  • - Excursion, 666-8.
  • - Express, 642-7, 648, 654-7.
  • - Goods, 634, 852.
  • - Mail, 634, 651-2.
  • - Parliamentary, 640-1, 6^8-9.
  • - Postal Special, 651-2.
  • - Precedence of, 692.
  • - Royal, 659-66.
  • - Special, 666.
  • Trowbridge, Branch to, 19, 22, 26, 147, 295.
  • Tunnels:
  • - Ballingham, 399.
  • - Bathwick, 139.
  • - Bincombe, 413.
  • - Box, q.v.
  • - Bradford, 414.
  • - Bristol, No. 1, 104, 106, 110.
  • - Bristol, No. 2, 104, 106, 109.
  • - Bristol, No. 3, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110.
  • - Campden. {See Mickleton.)
  • - Cockett, 569.
  • - Devizes, 438.
  • - Dinedor, 399.
  • - Dinmore, 437.
  • - Dudley, 463, 474.
  • - Fawley, 399.
  • - Fox's Wood, 104.
  • - Frampton, 413.
  • - Hockley, 336.
  • - Holme Park, Sonning, 37, 94.
  • - Holywell, 413.
  • - Kemble, 164.
  • - Lea, 399.
  • - Ledbury, 542-3, 551.
  • - Malvern, 542-3, 550, 551.
  • - Mickleton, 463, 474, 494-6
  • - Middle Hill, 138.
  • - Newport, 563.
  • - Oakengates, 351, 353.
  • - Poundbury, 413.
  • - Purley, 37.
  • - Saltford, 104, 106.
  • - Sapperton, q.v.
  • - Snow Hill, 323.
  • - Swan Village, 336.
  • - Twerton, 104, 106.
  • - Wolverhampton, 336, 509.
  • - Worcester, 463, 474.
  • - Twyford, Opening to, 92.
  • - Uniform, 674-6, 681.
  • - Uxbridge Branch, 196, 329, 410.
  • Vale of Llangollen Railway, 439.
  • Vale of Neath Railway 573, 581, 586, 641.
  • - Agreement with, 447.
  • Vauxhall Bridge, Terminus at, 12, 14.
  • Viaducts:
  • - Bath, 104, 114, 139.
  • - Bordesley. {See Luddeston.)
  • - Bourne End, 334.
  • - Chirk, 344.
  • - Crumlin, 530-1, 534.
  • - Dee, Cefn, 344.
  • - Duddeston, 271-4, &23.
  • - Hanwell, 39-40.
  • - Landore, 558, 560, 563.
  • - Newport, 560.
  • - O.W. and W.R., 474, 554.
  • - Reconstruction of timber 687.
  • - Stroud Valley, 183,
  • - Twerton, 104.
  • - WharnclifFe, 39-40.
  • - Victoria Station, 206, 444-5.
  • - Waggons, 851-3.
  • Walpole, Kt. Hon. Spencer H., 401, 407, 420, 448, 451, 513.
  • Ward, Lord, 477-8.
  • Ward, T. M., 20-1.
  • Warminster, opening to, 286-7.
  • Watkin, Edward, 296-7, 301, 369, 517, 553.
  • Wellington and Severn Junction Railway, 439.
  • Wells Branch, 422, 438.
  • West Cornwall Railway, 196, 283.
  • West Drayton:
  • - Coke Ovens, 53.
  • - Engine House, 53.
  • - Telegraph to, 616-9.
  • West London Railway, 193-5, 443.
  • - Level Crossing, 38, 193-5, 443-4.
  • West London Extension Railway, 444-5.
  • West Midland 543-55.
  • - Agreement with G.W.- - 547-8.
  • - Amalgamation, 447-8, 552-3.
  • - Attack on (4. W.R., 545-7.
  • - Chairman. (See Fenton.)
  • - Directors, 525, 553.
  • - Engines, 554, 811-5.
  • - Formation, 428, 525, 536, 543.
  • - Manager. (See Sherriff.)
  • - Running Powers to Newport, 550.
  • - Stourbridge Branch, 550.
  • Westbourne Lodge, 46, 452.
  • Westbourne Place, 46.
  • Westbury, 282, 285.
  • - Opening to, 286, 295.
  • Weymouth, 192, 278, 279, 285, 413.
  • - Branch, 192, 278, 281, 285, 396.
  • - Opening, 286-7, 410, 413.
  • Wharnclilfe, Lord, 16, 24, 27, 40.
  • Wharncliffe Viaduct, 39-40.
  • Wheatstone, C., 616, 617.
  • Wilts and Somerset Railway, 278.
  • Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, 192-3, 278, 280-2, 284, 285-6, 395, 402, 405, 413.
  • - Partial Opening, 285, 295.
  • - Taken Over, 286.
  • - (And see Weymouth, Salisbury, Devizes, Bathampton, and Radstock Branches.)
  • Windsor, 15.
  • - Branch, 11, 13, 196-8, 429, 430, 433.
  • Witney Branch, 464, 544, 551.
  • Wolverhampton:
  • - Battles of, 361, 372-5.
  • - Bushbury Junction, 275, 372, 465, 509, 665.
  • - Cannock Road Junction, 275, 276, 499, 508.
  • - High Level Station, 339, 350, 352-3, 361, 362, 372, 374, 376-7, 378, 380, 423-4.
  • - Junction Railway, 275, 335-6.
  • - Low Level Station, 276, 336-7, 363, 423, 465, 508, 510, 519.
  • - Opening to, 336.
  • - Priestfield Junction, 252, 275, 276, 335, 499, 509, 606.
  • - Stafford Road Junction, 275, 276, 335, 339, 423.
  • - Stafford Road Works, 801-2. Tunnel, 509.
  • - Victorian Basin Depot, 276, 339, 361, 378, 423-4.
  • Wood, C. A., 450.
  • Wood, N., 47, 49, 64, 73, 74, 78-80, 225.
  • Wootton Bassett:
  • - Embankments near, 122-3.
  • - Incline, 123-4,
  • - Road Station, 119, 125.
  • - (And see Hay Lane.)
  • Worcester, 476, 518.
  • - Foregate Street Station, 539.
  • - Locomotive Works, 814.
  • - Northern Fork, 541, 542.
  • - Severn Bridge, 542.
  • - Shrub Hill Station, 476, 538, 53 542.
  • - Train Service, 549.
  • Worcester and Hereford Railway, 428, 499, 524-5, 530, 531, 536, 537-43.- Opening, 542, 550-1.
  • - Tunnels, 539, 542-3.
  • - (And see West Midland Bly.)
  • Worcester and Hereford Junction Railway, 538-9.
  • - Wrexham and Minera Railway, 439.
  • Wycombe Railway, 196, 333-5, 438, 545, 546.
  • - Wynn, Sir W. W., 341, 397, 450.
  • - Wynnstay, 341, 397.
  • Yeovil, 278, 279, 280, 284, 293.
  • - Hendford Station, 293, 410.
  • - Opening to, 410.
  • - Pen Mill Station, 410.


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