Fire and Steam (62 page)

points,
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Pole, Sir Felix,
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policemen,
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Poole,
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porters,
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Portsmouth,
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Post Office,
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postcards,
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posters,
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Potters Bar accident,
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pottery,
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power supply debacle,
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Pratt, Edwin,
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Prescott, John,
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press,
see
newspapers

Preston,
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,
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; accident,
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,
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Preston & Wyre Railway,
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Preston Brook cutting,
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Price, W. P.,
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Princetown,
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,
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privatization,
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; costs of,
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provident funds,
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Provincial (later Regional) railways,
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Public Service Obligation,
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Puffing Billy
,
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Pullman, George,
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Pullman cars,
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see also
Blue Pullmans

Punch
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Putney,
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Quakers,
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Quarterly Review
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Queen of Scots
,
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Quintinshill accident,
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race trains,
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rack and pinion,
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Radstock accident,
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Rail, Marine and Transport Workers' Union (RMT),
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railcards,
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rails,
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; L-shaped,
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; wrought iron,
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; continuous welded,
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Railtrack,
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Railway Air Service,
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Railway and Canal Traffic Act,
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Railway and Commercial Journal
,
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Railway Clearing House,
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Railway Clerks Association,
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Railway Companies Association,
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railway companies: monopoly powers,
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; profitability,
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; joint stock and limited liability,
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; competition among,
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; expansion of (railway mania),
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; capital requirements,
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; share certificates,
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; advertising,
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; investors,
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; and MPs,
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; average costs,
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; dominance of large companies,
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; mergers,
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; requirement for accounts,
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; bubble collapses,
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; business model,
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; improvement in public perception,
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; and hotels,
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; Scottish,
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; restrictions on housing development,
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; damage to reputation,
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; industrial relations,
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; cooperation and consolidation,
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; public relations,
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; and closures,
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; and women's employment,
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; post-war compensation,
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; amalgamations,
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; valuation at nationalization,
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Railway Development Association,
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Railway Executive Committee,
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railway inspectorate,
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railway journals,
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railway mania,
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Railway Passenger Duty,
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railway races,
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Railway Regulation Acts,
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Railway Ribaldry
,
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Railway Service Gazette
,
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Railway Times
,
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railway workers,
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; fines,
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; working hours,
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; wages,
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; sickness benefits,
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; deaths,
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; recruitment,
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; uniforms,
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; promotions,
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; industrial relations,
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; size of workforce,
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; enlistment and conscription,
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; war bonuses,
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; bravery awards,
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; under BR,
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railwaywomen,
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; wages,
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; numbers,
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Rainhill,
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; trials,
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Ramsgate,
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Rastrick, John,
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Reading,
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recovery time,
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Red Flag Act,
see
Locomotive Act

Redhill,
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Rednal,
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Reform Bill,
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refreshments,
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Reid, Sir Bob,
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relief trains,
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Rennie, George,
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Rennie, John,
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restaurant cars,
see
dining cars

Ribblehead viaduct,
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Richborough,
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Richmond,
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Ridley, Nicholas,
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Rifkind, Malcolm,
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Rigby brothers,
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roads,
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; steam vehicles on,
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; Roman,
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; competition with railways,
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; deaths on,
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; building,
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; economics of,
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; and oil crisis,
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; congestion,
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,
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; environmental damage,
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Robbins, Michael,
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Robertson, Reg,
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Robertson, Sir William,
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Robinson, Heath,
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Robson, Steve,
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Rochester,
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Rocket
,
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rolling stock companies (roscos),
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Rolt, L. T. C.,
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Romans,
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Rosslare,
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rostering, flexible,
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rotten boroughs,
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Rouen,
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Roulette
,
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Royal Commission on Metropolis Railway Termini,
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Royal Engineers,
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Royal George
,
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Royal Greenwich Observatory,
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Royal Scots,
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royal trains,
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Rugby,
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rugby specials,
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Runcorn,
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running rights,
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Russia,
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Ryde,
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Saatchi & Saatchi,
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safety,
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; train protection systems,
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; under Big Four,
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; under BR,
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,
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; under privatization,
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,
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; legislation,
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;
see also
accidents

sails,
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St Helens,
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,
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St Mary Cray,
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St Mungo
,
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St Pancras station,
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; construction,
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; Gothic grandeur,
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; Midland Grand Hotel,
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; undercroft,
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; bombed,
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; compared with Euston,
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;
see also
Bedford–St Pancras line

St Patrick
(liner),
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Salford,
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Salisbury,
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,
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; accident,
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Salisbury Plain,
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Salmon, Roger,
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Sampson, Anthony,
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Sandars, Joseph,
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Sandwich,
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Sandy Lodge (Moor Park) station,
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Sankey viaduct,
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Sans Pareil
,
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Saturday-only services,
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Save Our Railways,
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Saville, Jimmy,
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Scapa Flow,
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Scarborough,
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Schull & Skibbereen Railway,
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Schwarzenberg, Prince von,
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Scotland,
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; railway network,
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; connection with England,
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; and Settle & Carlisle line,
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; labour conflict,
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; and amalgamation,
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,
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; air service,
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; branch lines,
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Scotrail,
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Scots Fusiliers,
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Scotsman
,
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