Early Main Line Railways 2 An invitation to subscribe Following the success of the first Early Main Line Railways conference, a second conference was held at York in June 2018. The papers are due for publication in late 2019, with a considerable discount to subscribers - £36.00 plus postage and packing. The full retail price will be £55.00 plus postage and packing MANCHESTER TERMINUS< LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY,, ICE Contents: Savage- The Work of the Railway Heritage Trust; Hodgkins-Railway directors- who they were and what they did; Odlyzko- Dionysius Lardner: the denigrated sage of early railways; Northover- Consultants in planning and specifying early main line railways; Clarke- Wellington businessmen and the main line railway; New- Railways to Portsmouth; Lewis- Science and the Early Main Line Railway; Murfitt- The English Patent system and early main line railway technology; Caprez- The Early history of the Swiss South Eastern railway; Cox & O’Dwyer- Dublin Belfast Mainline 1837-1857; Parry-Brymbo and the creation of the North Wales Mineral Railway; Longworth- Early Australian Mainline Railways and Mutually Beneficial Exchange; Mukherjee- The East Indian Railway and the Bengali Environment; Austin- The Literacy rate and the arrival of railways; Hopkins- The Work of Samuel Russell-documenting the railway in print; Gwyn- Many shall go about- the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway; Minnis & PBrown- Architects, engineers and contractors: a re-appraisal of aspects of 19th century railway architecture; ones ]- Rise and fall: steam and the suspension bridge ; Chrimes- A safe pair of hands: Joseph Locke 1824-1839; Edited by Mike Chrimes MBE and Printed by CPI, on behalf of the sponsors: Institution of Civil Engineers • National Railway Museum, York • Newcomen Society for the History of Engineering and Technology,•The Railway and Canal Historical Society [email protected] To subscribe, please fill in this section and return it, with your cheque, to the address below. Alternatively you may subscribe on line, and pay by card (or from a paypal account) by visiting www.earlyrailways.org.uk All subscribers will be acknowledged in the introductory pages of the book; Please say exactly how you would like your name to appear Name . Address . ……………………………………………………………… …………………………………… zip/postcode ………. Country . e-mail………………………………………………………… Please reserve . copies of Early Main line railways 2 for me at the discounted price of £36.00 each, plus post and packaging (per book - £3.95 UK; £10 Europe; £13 rest of world). A cheque for £…………. payable to ‘Railway & Canal Historical Society’ is enclosed. All receipts will be acknowledged by e-mail if the e-mail address is given above. Please return this form with payment to: EMLR2, 5 Happy Mount House,Elms Lane, MORECAMBE. LA4 6LR e mail: [email protected] The subscription list will close on 10 October 2019. This is the only opportunity to obtain a copy at the discounted price .