Introduction -- 1. Trade, transport and coal 1767-1815 -- 2. 'Rails best adapted to the road': cast-iron rails and their alternatives in Britain 1767-1832 -- 3. Canal feeders, quarry railways and ...

The ubiquitous railway -- The earliest guideways -- Wooden rails -- The impellent force of fire -- Iron rails. The iron plateways ; Stone rails ; The iron edge railways -- Rope and chain, the inclined ...

For Throwback Thursday, we rummage through the drawers of culinary history to rediscover how we came to eat the way we do. This week’s throwback finds us aboard an early railway carriage — hungry, ...