| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I | A New Factor | [1] |
| II | Railways in the Civil War | [14] |
| III | Railway Destruction in War | [26] |
| IV | Control of Railways in War | [40] |
| V | Protection of Railways in War | [54] |
| VI | Troops and Supplies | [62] |
| VII | Armoured Trains | [67] |
| VIII | Railway Ambulance Transport | [81] |
| IX | Preparation in Peace for War | [98] |
| X | Organisation in Germany | [103] |
| XI | Railway Troops in Germany | [122] |
| XII | France and the War of 1870-71 | [138] |
| XIII | Organisation in France | [149] |
| XIV | Organisation in England | [175] |
| XV | Military Railways | [205] |
| XVI | Railways in the Boer War | [232] |
| XVII | The Russo-Japanese War | [260] |
| XVIII | Strategical Railways: Germany | [277] |
| XIX | A German-African Empire | [296] |
| XX | Designs on Asiatic Turkey | [331] |
| XXI | Summary and Conclusions | [345] |
| | Appendix |
| | Indian Frontier Railways | [357] |
| | The Defence of Australia | [368] |
| | Bibliography | [376] |
| | Index | [398] |