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    THE MELBOURNE EXPRESS—AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A MODERN TRAIN DE LUXE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12 words
  3. INTO THE WILDERNESS: FIRST STEPS IN RAILWAY BUILDING.

    When the railway between Moscow and St. Petersburg was decided upon the Czar said, "Build it thus," and with a blue pencil—history records its colour—he drew a straight ...

    Article : 1,330 words
  4. THE DEVELOPMENT.

    Under State ownership it was possible for th[?] railways to flght against temporary obstacles by adopting waiting tactics. Private capitalists could not afford that expedient, but ...

    Article : 2,558 words
  5. RAILWAY EXTENSION INTO THE CITY.

    On this page we illustrate the proposed extension of, the railway into the city. Efforts at city railway extension lie buried in the records of Parliament. Only two ...

    Article : 1,984 words
  6. NOTABLE ENGINEERS.

    In the railway history of almost every country great natural difficulties have at some time to be overcome. In the colony of New South Wales the Dividing Range had to be crossed, ...

    Article : 479 words
  7. A LINE ACROSS THE WATER.

    Modem advocates of city railway extension have had consistently in view a completion of the circuit—a line across the water, having a connection with the main Northern system that would bring it right into the heart of the city. It is regarded as a valuable duplication, and some day it will come, though the building of the central railway station has put that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 137 words
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    JOHN RAE John Rae, M.A., is well remembered by the present generation. He was of the virile type of Scotchman. He was born in 1813 at Aberd[?]en. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    JOHN WHITTON. Mr. John Whitton, a remarkable figure in colonial railway history, arrived in the State in December, 1856, when 35 years of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 215 words
  10. THE FIRST RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    The first big railway accident on the New South Wales linos occurred in July, 1858 at Rookwood, then known as Haslem's Creek. the illfated train was travelling towards ...

    Article : 199 words
  11. OUR PUNCTUAL TRAINS.

    Notwithstanding the congested state of the Rodfern station yard, the punctuailty of the suburban traffic is highly satisfactory. If a train is late the fact is placed on record. ...

    Article : 119 words
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