Fire and Steam (60 page)

Leeds & Selby Railway,
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Leeds Institute,
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Leicester,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Leigh & Bolton Railway,
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Letchworth Garden City,
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level crossings,
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,
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; keepers,
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,
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Lewisham,
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,
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; accident,
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light railways,
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Light Railways Act,
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,
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Lightfoot brothers,
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Lincoln,
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Lincolnshire,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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liners,
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,
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,
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liveries,
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,
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,
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Liverpool,
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,
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; and building of Liverpool & Manchester Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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; population,
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; ban on locomotives,
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,
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; tunnel approach,
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; cable-operated approach,
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,
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; and opening of Liverpool & Manchester Railway,
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; railway
connections,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and horse-races,
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,
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; and postal service,
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; suburban railways,
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; workmen's trains,
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; viaduct bombed,
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; and electrification,
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Liverpool & Manchester Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; double track,
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,
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,
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,
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; surveys,
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,
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; costs,
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,
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; dividends and profits,
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,
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,
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; gauge,
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,
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; choice of steam power and Rainhill trials,
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; cable-operated section,
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,
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; opening,
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,
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,
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; passenger services,
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; tickets and fares,
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; carriages,
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; omnibus connections,
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; goods services,
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; mail services,
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,
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; track length,
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,
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,
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; excursions,
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; military transportation,
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; amalgamation,
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; telegraph system,
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; working conditions,
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; industrial relations,
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Liverpool Courier
,
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Liverpool Mercury
,
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,
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Liverpool Overhead Railway,
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Liverpool Street station,
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,
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,
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,
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; Cambridge trains,
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; building and cost,
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,
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; and electrification,
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; collaboration with private sector,
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; and Crossrail scheme,
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Liverpool Times
,
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Llanelli,
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Llangynog-Llanrhaeadrym-Mochnant branch line,
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Lloyd George, David,
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,
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Locke, Joseph,
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,
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,
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,
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; and Grand Junction Railway,
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,
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Locomotion
,
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Locomotion No.
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,
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Locomotive Act (Red Flag Act),
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Locomotive Exchanges,
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locomotives: Duchess class,
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; coal-burning,
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; Crampton,
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; captured by other companies,
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; builders,
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; care of,
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; speed records,
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,
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; impact of war,
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,
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,
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; Royal Scots class,
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; Star and Saint classes,
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; King and Castle classes,
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,
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; Southern,
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; streamlining,
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; Pacific class,
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; investment in,
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; post-war,
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; private,
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; diesel,
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,
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,
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,
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; survival of steam,
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,
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,
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; electric,
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,
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,
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; Deltic diesels,
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London: first railway,
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; first railway connections,
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,
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,
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; suburbs,
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,
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,
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; termini,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; growth in railway connections,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; suburban and commuter railways,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and postal service,
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; time in,
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; exhibition traffic,
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,
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,
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; Midland Railway gains access,
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; impact of railways,
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,
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; workmen's trains,
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; population growth,
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; railway accidents,
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; and Great Central connections,
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; tramways,
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; and wartime,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and amalgamation,
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,
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; integrated transport system,
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,
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; wartime evacuation,
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; and electrification,
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London & Birmingham Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; surveys,
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; stagecoach connections,
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; fares,
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; investors,
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; and royal travel,
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; freight services,
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; amalgamation,
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,
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; departure times,
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; railway cottages,
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London & Chatham Railway,
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,
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London & Croydon Railway,
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London & Greenwich Railway,
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; right-hand running,
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London & North Eastern Railway (LNER),
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,
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,
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; network,
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; hotels,
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; livery,
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,
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; accidents,
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; rugby specials,
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; food and drink,
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; service improvements,
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; publicity,
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,
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; profitability,
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,
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; split at nationalization,
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; electrification,
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London & North Western Railway (LNWR),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; dominant position,
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; value and profitability,
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; enters price war,
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; and Midland Railway,
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; and Welsh lines,
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; and Irish services,
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; sells coal,
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; working hours,
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; and route to Scotland,
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; and railway races,
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; braking system,
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; Preston accident,
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; modernization and improvements,
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;
Sunny South Special
service,
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; electrification,
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; publicity,
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; compensation claim,
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; and amalgamation,
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,
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; livery,
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London & South Western Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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; and railway races,
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,
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; reputation,
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; electrification,
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,
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; consolidation,
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; wartime service,
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; and amalgamation,
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,
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London & Southampton Railway,
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London Bridge station,
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,
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,
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,
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London, Brighton & South Coast Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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; collapse,
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; Clayton tunnel accident,
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; strike,
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;
Southern Belle
service,
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; electrification,
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,
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; and amalgamation,
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,
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London, Chatham & Dover Railway,
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,
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,
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London Electric Railway,
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,
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London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; network and inventory,
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; livery,
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; service improvements,
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,
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; publicity,
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; workforce and repair facilities,
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; profitability,
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,
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; and wartime,
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,
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London Midland Region,
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,
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London Necropolis Railway,
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London Passenger Transport Board,
see
London Transport

London Post Office,
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London, Tilbury & Southend Railway,
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London Transport,
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,
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,
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,
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; headquarters,
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London Underground,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; Metropolitan Line,
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,
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; District Line,
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,
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; Circle Line,
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,
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; impact on shopping habits,
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; and electrification,
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; public relations,
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; and wartime,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; women on,
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; Bakerloo Line,
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; Piccadilly Line,
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; increase in passengers,
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; overcrowding,
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; rails,
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;
see also
Metropolitan District Railway; Metropolitan Railway

London–York Direct Railway,
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Londonderry,
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looms, steam-powered,
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Lord's cricket ground,
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lorries,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Lossiemouth,
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Loughborough,
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Louis Philippe, King,
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Louis XIV,
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Ludgate Hill station,
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Luton,
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Lutterworth,
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Macadam, John,
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,
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Macclesfield,
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MacDonald, Ramsay,
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McGrath, Thomas,
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MacGregor, John,
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,
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Macmillan, Harold,
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Maglev trains,
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Maiden Lane station,
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Maidenhead,
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Maidenhead Bridge,
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Maidstone,
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mail order goods,
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mail services,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Major, John,
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,
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,
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Mallaig,
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Mallard
,
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Manchester,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; steam-powered looms,
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; and building of Liverpool & Manchester Railway,
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,
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; population,
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; indifference to railway,
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; weavers,
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; railway connections,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; investment in railways,
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; and excursions,
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,
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; railway access,
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; workmen's trains,
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; and railway races,
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; Great Central connections,
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,
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; and electrification,
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