The Railway Conquest of the World

by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I	THE RAILWAY SURVEYOR’S ADVENTUROUS LIFE	[1]
II	THE ROMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION	[12]
III	THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL	[30]
IV	THE RAILWAY INVASION OF CANADA	[46]
V	THE FIRST TRANS-CONTINENTAL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES	[59]
VI	THE LONGEST “TOY” RAILWAY	[76]
VII	THE WONDERS OF THE TYROL	[88]
VIII	THE RECLAMATION OF ALASKA	[102]
IX	THE HOLY RAILWAY TO MECCA	[117]
X	THE HIGHEST LINE IN THE WORLD	[128]
XI	CECIL RHODES’ DREAM—FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO (I. NORTHWARDS FROM CAPE TOWN)	[139]
XII	CECIL RHODES’ DREAM—FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO (II. SOUTHWARDS FROM CAIRO)	[152]
XIII	GRIDIRONING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS	[162]
XIV	THE IRON HORSE IN AUSTRALASIA (I.)	[175]
XV	THE IRON HORSE IN AUSTRALASIA (II.)	[186]
XVI	ACROSS SIBERIA BY RAIL	[198]
XVII	THE LEOPOLDINA RAILWAY	[214]
XVIII	THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY	[224]
XIX	A RAILWAY OVER THE SEA	[240]
XX	THE LAND OF REMARKABLE RAILWAY BRIDGES	[250]
XXI	WHERE THE SNOW-PLOUGH WORKS IN SUMMER	[260]
XXII	FROM BUENOS AIRES TO VALPARAISO OVERLAND	[270]
XXIII	A LITTLE-KNOWN CENTRAL AFRICAN RAILWAY	[281]
XXIV	THE INVASION OF THE FAR EAST (I. EARLY DAYS IN CHINA)	[289]
XXV	THE INVASION OF THE FAR EAST (II. MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA AND JAPAN)	[297]
XXVI	THE CONQUEST OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS	[308]

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