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JOURNAL of the RAILWAYRAILWAY and CANALCANAL HISTORICALHISTORICAL SOCIETYSOCIETY DECENNIAL INDEX No.1No.1 Volumes I to X INTRODUCTIONINTRODUC TION The first volumevolume ofof thethe JournalJournal ofof thethe RailwayRailway andand Canal Historical SocietySociety was published inin 1955; itit consistedconsisted of fourfour issuesissues of duplicated typescript in quarto format. CommencingCommencing withwith the secondsecond volume, six issues werewere publishedpublished eacheach year until the end of thethe tenthtenth volume,volume, after which thethe Journal was published asas aa prin­prin- ted quarterly. AA slight slight change change in in the the method method of of reproduction reproduction was was introducedintroduced withwith volume IX; thisthis and thethe succeeding volumevolume werewere producedproduced byby offset-lithooffset-litho process.process. The first fourfour volumesvolumes included notnot onlyonly original original articles,articles, compilations,compilations, book reviewsreviews and correspondence,correspondence, but also materialmaterial concerned concerned with with thethe day-to-dayday-to-day running of thethe Society,Society, suchsuch as announcementsannouncements of forthcoming events,events, accountsaccounts of meetings andand visits,visits, listslists of of new new membersmembers andand the like. CommencingCommencing withwith volume V,V, all such material waswas transferred to to a a new new andand separateseparate monthly monthly pub-pub­ lication, thethe R.R. di& C.C.H.S. H. S. Bulletin, aa practicepractice which which hashas continuedcontinued to the present time. The purpose of the present publicationpublication is toto provideprovide aa comprehensivecomprehensive andand detailed Index toto allall thethe originaloriginal material in the first tenten volumesvolumes ofof the Society'sSociety's JournallikelJournal likely y to be of interestinterest toto thethe canalcanal oror railwayrailway historian historian or or student.student. ToTo this end,end, thethe normalnormal practicepractice of of learned learned journals journals has has been been followed followed byby providingproviding both author index andand subjectsubject index,index, entriesentries in the latter beingbeing mademade inin multiplemultiple where justified. ItIt is is hoped hoped that that this this index index will will bebe ofof value,value, notnot onlyonly toto those possessing a complete setset of thosethose earlyearly Journals, butbut to all membersmembers ofof thethe Society. In compiling thisthis indexindex somesome degreedegree of selectionselection has been made inin order not to depart appreciably fromfrom thethe foregoing foregoing terms terms of of reference. reference. ThusThus all originaloriginal articles, compilationscompilations ofof historical data (e.g.(e. g. listslists of of Acts Acts of of Parliament, Parliament, OpeningOpening of Railways, etc.) andand bookbook reviews have been indexed, as have almost all the contributed notes and correspondence. Certain sections ofof the JournalJournal havehave beenbeen indexed selectively, oror havehave beenbeen omitted entirely, asas noted noted below:below: Editorials These dealing with matters ofof transient interestinterest have have beenbeen omitted.omitted. "News from the Society" Most of the domestic affairs ofof the Society and its GroupsGroups havehave beenbeen omitted, butbut the moremore significantSignificant events in the historyhistory and and developmentdevelopment of the Society have been indexed. "One Hundred Years Ago"Ago" Only thosethose items having a factual con-con­ tent (e.g.(e. g. accidents,accidents, openings,openings, traffictraffic returns, etc.)etc.) have have been been indexed. indexed. Queries Omitted, unless thethe contextcontext ofof the query itself provides material of interest.interest. "Recent Literature" ... Omitted. 2 EXPLANATORY NOTES 1. The volume numbersnumbers onon thethe originaloriginal issuesissues of the Journal were printed in arabic numerals for the first tenten volumes. InIn thisthis index, index, volumevolume numbers are given inin romanroman andand page page numbers numbers in in arabic. arabic. ThisThis is consistentconsistent withwith present Journal practice (Volume (Volume XI onwards). 2. The author indexindex provides provides an an entry entry for for all all articles, articles, compilations, contrib­contrib- uted notes andand letters, letters, thethe lastlast beingbeing indicated by (L).(L). EachEach author'sauthor's contributions,contributions, entered in full original title, areare arranged arranged chronologically, chronologically, exceptexcept forfor thethe groupinggrouping of several items sharing a common title. title. InIn thethe earlierearlier volumes volumes ofof the Journal,Journal, many short contributions, notesnotes andand correspaidence,correspmdence, appearedappeared without without headings. These have been givengiven a a shortshort descriptivedescriptive title to provide entries for thethe Index.Index. 3. In the subject index, reference isis givengiven to as manymany aspects of each contrib­contrib- ution as appears justifiedjustified byby its content,content, consistentconsistent withwith keeping the index toto aa reason­reason- able size. ManyMany entries entries also also appear appear additionally additionally under under certaincertain group group headingsheadings suchsuch as Maps, Personalities, Stations, etc. 4. Books reviewedreviewed are are allall listedlisted in a special section in the subject index, arranged alphabetically according toto thethe author of thethe book.book. CorrespondenceCorrespondence resultingresulting fromfrom bookbook reviews is indexedindexed in this samesame sectionsection andand isis enteredentered immediately immediately followingfollowing the entry for the relevantrelevant book.book. 5. The more significantsignificant eventsevents inin thethe historyhistory and and development development ofof thethe SocietySociety havehave been entered in the subjectsubject indexindex underunder thethe headingheading Railway and Canal Historical Society. AUTHOR INDEX Baker, J. Over-specialization VII 97 Barker, T.T. C. Too much over-specialisationover-specialisation ? VI 96 Barnett, A.A. L. Midland Railway at Staveley: Acts ofof 1863/18651863/1865 (L) IX 107107 Barrie, D.D. S. S. M. "Some Facts aboutabout BritishBritish Railways"Railways" (L)(L) VI 57 Barry RailwayRailway Company's Thwarted Ambitions VIII 109 Baxter, B. The Dewsbury & BirstallBirstall RailwayRailway III6III 6 Tramroad PhotographsPhotographs (L)(L) VIVI31 31 Early WagonwaysWagonways in Cumberland VII 81, 105105 The Middlebere Plateway X 54 Bennett, A. E. The Avoirdupois of ClassClass Differentiation (L)(L) V 95 Berrill, M.M. E. Jane Austen and Canals VII 7 New AccessionsAccessions toto Record Offices, 19571957 - 6060 VIII 83 New AccessionsAccessions to to RecordRecord Offices, Offices, 1961.1961... •• IX 59 New AccessionsAccessions to to Record Record Offices, Offices, 19621962... •.. X 37 Berrill, M.M.I. I. andand Palmer, J.J.M. M. Andrew Yarranton and the Navigation Works at Astley ••. IV 41, 7777 3 Betts, C.H. "St. PancrasPancras Tunnel" Tunnel" (L)(L) VI 100 Cutting the First SodSod Ceremonies (L)(L) VIII 49 "Genealogical Atlas ofof EnglandEngland and Wales" (L)(L) IX 35 Biddle, G. J. Thoughts on the Writing of Railway History IIII9 9 Nine Mile Point andand UpperUpper MachenMachen (L)(L) III 84 Underneath thethe ArchesArches - 2 2 IV 1919 A Short History of the Bradford CanalCanal IV 35,35,51,64, 51, 64, 83 Railway Notices (L)(L) V 37 Early DaysDays on the Leeds && LiverpoolLiverpool CanalCanal V 66,66,79 79 Better than Turnstiles (L)(L) VII 98 The Lancaster Canal Tramroad IX 88 Borley, H.H. V. North London Railway Railway Express Express TrainsTrains from Fenchurch Street II 37, IVIV 1414 The Victoria Park BranchBranch ofof thethe EasternEastern Counties Counties RailwayRailway andand North London TrainsTrains to Stratford BridgeBridge... ..... ... ..•• •. •• IIIIII 28 28 North London Railway Trains toto Southend-on-SeaSouthend-on-Sea III 8787 Some lesser Known Known Features of of the the London London && BlackwallBlackwall Railway IIIIII 105, 105, IV IV 12, 12, VIII VIII 7272 The Broad GaugeGauge on the Metropolitan RailwayRailway IV 23 Train ServicesServices onon the EastEast LondonLondon Railway andand Inner Inner Circle, Circle, 1884, 1885, IVIV 7474 The Metropolitan andand St.St. John'sJohn's Wood Wood RailwayRailway ... IV IV106, 106, V V61, 61, VIII VIII 4949 A Defunct Railway Station: Mill Hill (The(The Hale) V 25 Mid-Kent Railway to Addiscombe Road, CroydonCroydon (L)(L) V 36, VIIIVIII 8787 Calling-on oror StationStation DistantDistant Signals:Signals: NorthNorth London London RailwayRailway V 73 The Blackwall and and North North London London Railways Railways at Poplarat Poplar ... VVIOl 101 Opening of the L&SWRL&SWR toto Waterloo VI 15 The Hampstead JunctionJunction RailwayRailway (L)(L) VI 16 The Merchandise Train ServicesServices of of the the North North London London RailwayRailway VI 21 Tickets ofof the Metropolitan District RailwayRailway VI 61 Tunbridge Wells Central to TunbridgeTunbridge WellsWells WestWest (L)(L) VII 1717 The Early TrainTrain Services Services of of the the North North & & South South West West JunctionJunction Railway Railway VIIVII 21 Ceremonial OpeningsOpenings of Railways and Stations (L)(L) VII 58 Tickets of the Great EasternEastern Railway Railway (L)(L) VII 58 The Train ServicesServices of of the the North North & & South South WestWest JunctionJunction RailwayRailway
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