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• Railroads -- England

• The Fingerpost; or, Direct road from John-O'-Groat's to the land's end: being a discussion of the railway question (Printed by and for William Cole, 1825), by John-O'-Groat's House (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The History of the Railway Connecting London and Birmingham: Containing its Progress from the Commencement; To Which Are Added a Popular Description of the Locomotive Engine, and a Sketch of the Geological Features of the Line (London: Simkin, Marshall and Co.; et al., ca. 1838), by Peter Lecount (multiple formats at Google)
• Les chemins de for à bon marché ... (Lausanne, 1863), by Charles Borgoron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Mr. Gibbs ... upon the several proposed lines for a Brighton railway. (Smith, Elder, & co., 1835), by Joseph Gibbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experiments on rail roads (Printed by W. Wooddy, 1829), by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of the railway (A. and C. Black, 1909), by G. E. Mitton and Allan Stewart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbook for railway travellers (Edward Mogg, 1840), by Edward Mogg (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Word or two about "E.U."; being an appeal to the president of the board of trade (D. Sydenham, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on "Investigator's" pamphlet, relative to railways (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831), by Charles Henry Capper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The railways of England : North Western; Midland; Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln; North Eastern; South Western; Great Western; Great Eastern; Brighton and South Coast; Chatham and Dover; South Eastern (J. Murray, 1890), by W. M. Acworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The iron road book and railway companion from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, containing an account of the towns, villages, mansions, &c. on each side of the line : times of arrival and departure of the trains at the several stations, coaches and omnibuses to the towns in the vicinity, with tables of distances and fares from station to station ... (A.H. Baily & co. [etc., etc.], 1838), by Francis Coghlan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The railroad book of England: historical, topographical, and picturesque; descriptive of the cities, towns, country seats and other subjects of local interest. (E. Churton [pref., 1851), by Edward Churton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook to the Severn Valley railway; illustrative and descriptive of places along the line,from Worcester to Shrewsbury. (London, 1863), by John Randall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The railways of England (J. Murray, 1890), by Sir William Mitchell Acworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Felix Summerly's pleasure excursions : as guides for making day's excursions on the Eastern counties, South-eastern, Brighton and south coast, Southwestern and London and north-western railways. With seventy-four engravings. (Pub. at the Railway Chronicle Office, 1847), by Henry Cole (page images at HathiTrust)
• The eastern counties railway; why does it not pay? (Baily Brothers, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great Western Railway ([London] : [publisher not identified], [1835], 1835), by Great Britain Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diamond Jubilee of the London & North Western Railway Co. ([London] : ["Railway News" Office], [1906], 1906) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Illustrated guide (London : Morton & Compy, [1888], 1888), by London and North-Western Railway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the proceedings at a public meeting held at the town hall, Ipswich, on Saturday, the twenty-third of November, 1844 ... for the purpose of considering ... the effect which the several lines of railway ... would have upon the town and neighbourhood of Ipswich ... (Ipswich, 1844), by Ipswich (England) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A report on the cost and separate advantages of a ship canal and of a rail-way, from Newcastle to Carlisle : published by order of and addressed to the Committee of Enquiry (Printed by Edward Walker, 1824), by William Chapman and Committee for Enquiring as to a Better Communication Between Newcastle and Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romance of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, as described by Fanny Kemble (the celebrated actress), Mr. C.F. Adams, Lord Brougham, and other contemporary writers (Manchester : John Heywood, Deansgate and Ridgefield, [c1880?], 1880), by Richard Pike (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Letter to the Kensington Canal Company on the Substitution of the Pneumatic Railway for the Common Railway by Which They Contemplate Extending Their Line of Conveyance, by John Vallance (Gutenberg ebook)
• Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway: Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury, by John Randall (Gutenberg ebook)

• A Handbook for travellers along the London and Birmingham railway with the fare and time tables, &c., corrected to the present day, and portions extracted (by permission of the proprietors) from Roscoe's larger work on this railway : embellished with 25 fine engravings on wood, and a map of the line of unequalled correctness and beauty. (R. Groombridge, 1839) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report on two proposed lines of railway, between Perran Porth and Truro, in the county of Cornwall (Josiah Taylor, 1831), by Francis Whishaw and Richard Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)

• Remarks on the Proposed Railway Between Birmingham and London (Gutenberg ebook)

• Reference book to the incorporated railway companies of England and Wales, alphabetically arranged. including a list of their directors, offices and officers, constitution, and capital, shewing also the lines suspended in session, 1847, and applications for bills in 1848 (J. Weale, 1847), by Henry Glynn (page images at HathiTrust)

• Journey from London to Birmingham (A. H. Baily & Co., 1838), by Francis Coghlan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Views on the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway (Currie and Bowman ;, 1839), by J. W. Carmichael and John Blackmore (page images at HathiTrust)

• English railways : their development and their relation to the state (Routledge ;, 1915), by Edward Carnegie Cleveland-Stevens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Puffing Billy" and the prize "Rocket;" or The story of the Stephensons and our railways. (Partridge, 1800), by Helen C. Knight (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The life of George Stephenson and of his son Robert Stephenson; comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the railway locomotive. (Harper & Brothers, 1868), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer. (Boston, 1859), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)

• Minutes of evidence given before the Select committee on railway bills, (group A), on the North Kent lines, by the South-eastern, North Kent (Vignoles), and London and Croydon railway companies. 1845. (Printed by C. Roworth and sons, 1845), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Railway Bills, William Saunders Sebright Lascelles, North Kent Railway Company, London and Croydon Railway Company, and South Eastern Railway (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee, by England) Knaresbrough Rail-Way Committee (Knaresborough (Gutenberg ebook)

• A protest against the extension of railways in the Lake District (J. Garnett, 1876), by Robert Somervell (page images at HathiTrust)

• The railways terminating in London, with a description of the terminal stations, and the underground railways. (Engineering news publishing co., 1888), by Samuel Rea (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minutes ... taken before the Select committee on railway bills. Group no.4. Tuesday, 15th May, 1906 [-Thursday, 21st June, 1906] ... London outer circle railway bill. (J. B. Nichols & sons, 1906), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Railway Bills and George Doughty (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aphoristische bomerkungen über das eisenbahnwesen und mittheilungen über die eisenbahnen in London nebst vorstädten ... (Ernst & Korn, 1874), by Hartwich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Verkehr Londons mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Eisenbahnen ... (J. Springer, 1892), by Gustav Kemmann and Technische Hochschule Berlin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pennsylvania railroad; New York tunnel extension. Historical outline. Remarks of Mr. Samuel Rea, second vice-president, at the annual dinner to the president, given by the board of directors of the Pennsylvania railroad co. December 15, 1909. (Allen, Lane & Scott, printers, 1909), by Samuel Rea (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report, together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, ... appendix [and index] (H.M.Stationery Off.?], 1863), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on Metropolitan Railway Communication (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings at a public meeting held at the London Tavern on the 1st December, 1858, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair ([s.n.], 1859), by Charles Pearson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The substance of several speeches delivered before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, several members of the Corporation of London, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Royal Institute of British Architects (E. Wilson, 1851), by Charles Pearson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the Plans of the Various Railways before the Examiners of the House of Commons, 1864, so far as relates to the Parish of Kensington, by James Broadbridge (Gutenberg ebook)

• Regulations of the Railway clearing house : January, 1870. (James Truscott and Son, 1870), by Railway Clearing House (page images at HathiTrust)

• Skeleton map shewing the projected South Western Railway extensions, 1847 (John Brain, 1847), by J. Brain and South Western Railway (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Views on the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway (Currie and Bowman ;, 1839), by J. W. Carmichael and John Blackmore (page images at HathiTrust)

• Les droits de l'état sur les tarifs de chemins de fer en Angleterre et aux Etats-Unis. (Paris, 1891), by Charles Gomel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Regulations of the Railway clearing house : January, 1870. (James Truscott and Son, 1870), by Railway Clearing House (page images at HathiTrust)

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