Railway Stories
THE oldest engine driver in the world, who has just died in his 86th years, could tell you stories interesting to the present generation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New England · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1905
490 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 25
A New Railway Brake
In the presence of the chief inspecting officer of railways, a now method of coupling trucks was exhibited recently at the South Eastern Railway, London, The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Bridge & Co., Limited
HORSEHAIR.—A further substantial advance was experienced under this heading. We secured 31d for hackled, 27¼d for best tail, 24½d for second…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. Walcha Road
Presentation.--Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Schweinsberg, who paid Walcha Road a visit during the week, were presented by the residents of Walcha…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stage Bridge Collapses Forty Members of a Chorus Injured
Scenes of wild excitement were caused in the Metropolitan Opera House last night by an accident which took place on the stage in full view of an audience…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road at Gibson's Hill. (To the Editor of the Times.)
Dear Sir,—On my return to Sydney from your centre, I urged on the department the necessity of at once metalling and blinding Gibson's Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Drunken Tram-driver. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
A TRAM-DRIVER was to-day fined £2 for being drunk while in charge of a tram. Under the Act he was liable to a fine of £50…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramp Scored
Mrs Plaine (to tramp) : How dare you say you won't go away? Don't you know my husband is a policeman? It he were here he would take you up.'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The First Omnibus. "The King's Pipe." 100 Ton Railway Trucks
Now that we have such up- to- data means of transportation-- trains that go sixty miles an hour (sometimes), trams that are practically trains, motor cars as swift as the wind, The "King's Pipe"--the time -honored oven in which contraband tobacco seized by the British Customs is ruthlessly destroyed-- is to be abolished. A plea has been put for The Americans set the example in huge railway trucks. A hundred -ton truck on a railway in America is a common sight, as is a train of such conveyances when the grades…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Power of the Motor Car
In referring to the extraordinary power c the motor car, an enthusiast on the matter says:--Man has produced many wonders by his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram -Driver Ftned
A tram- driver was to -day fined £2 for being drunk while in change of a tram. Under the Act he was liable to a £50 fine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Bridge & Co., Limited
HORSEHAIR.—Market continues to advance. We secured 28d for good tail, 24¾d for second quality, and 14½d for mane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stage Bridge Collapses. Forty Members of a Chorus Injured
On Sunday, January 8th, the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:-- Scenes of wild excitement were caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taylor, Tram-guard
Under happier (or unhappier) cirCumstances his powers of observation and a certain nice sense of selection and dramatic, grouping would have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cheap Train
THE Railway Department announcers in this issue particulars of special cheap excursion train to Sydney on Wednesday, April 12 The fares will be at the clioap rates of 1[?] per mile first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Story Money or Life: A True Story of the Road
"What think you of the young [?]de, Sir John?" and the speaker slightly nodded his head in the direction of a card table, where two men sat playing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioners' Recent Tour
The Railway Commissioners, who have just visted the north-western and portion of the northern lines, state that the area under crop this year will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-car Exploits
Although many accidents have ushered in the increasing popularity of the motorcar, all who have had a neat acquaintance with thin new kind of carriage will fain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Suspended Railway
A novel kind of railway is being constructed in Germany, between Barmen and Elberfeld, the inventor of the system being Herr Langen. The carriages,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Fatality
A train was derailed at Sceaux, near Paris. The carriages took fire, and several persons were killed…
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