Fire and Steam (63 page)

Scott, Sir George Gilbert,
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Scott, Jane,
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Scott, John,
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Scottish Region,
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,
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seaside holidays,
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Sebastopol, fall of,
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Second World War,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; impact on railways,
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; legacy for railways,
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,
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Sefton, Lord,
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,
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,
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Selby,
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Selsey,
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Serpell, Sir David,
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,
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Settle & Carlisle line,
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,
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,
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; cost,
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; death toll,
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Severn tunnel,
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,
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Shanklin,
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Shap,
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Sharland, Charles,
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sheep,
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,
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Sheffield,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Sheffield and Rotherham Independent
,
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Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway,
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Shenfield,
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,
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Shepperton,
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Shepton Mallet,
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ships,
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,
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,
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,
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;
see also
liners; steamships

Short, Clare,
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Shrewsbury,
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Shrewsbury & Chester Railway,
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,
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Shropshire,
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,
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,
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signalling,
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,
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,
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; and accidents,
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,
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,
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,
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; interlocking,
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,
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; and high-speed trains,
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,
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; radio,
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,
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,
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signals passed at danger (SPADs),
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Silver Jubilee,
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Simmons, Jack,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; on Watkin,
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,
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; on Big Four,
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Skerne, river,
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Skibbereen,
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Skipton,
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Skye,
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slave trade,
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Sleaford,
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sleeper services,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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sleepers,
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,
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,
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Slesser, Sir Henry,
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Slough,
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smallpox,
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Smith, Adam,
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Smith, Delia,
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Smithfield,
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Snailbeach District Railway,
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‘snow, wrong type of',
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Snow Hill station,
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Snowdon,
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Soham,
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Somers Town,
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Somerset & Dorset line,
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,
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,
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Somersetshire Midland Railway,
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Sonning,
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Souter, Brian,
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South Africa,
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South America,
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South Croydon accident,
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South Devon Railway,
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,
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South Eastern & Chatham Railway,
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,
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,
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; and amalgamation,
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,
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,
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South Eastern Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; Staplehurst accident,
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; and Great Central Railway,
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; electrification,
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South Kensington station,
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South Korea,
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South Sea Bubble,
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,
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South West Trains,
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,
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Southall,
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; accident,
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,
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Southampton,
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,
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,
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,
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; and wartime,
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,
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Southampton & Dorchester Railway,
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Southampton Docks,
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,
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,
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,
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Southend,
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,
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Southern Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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; formation of,
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; electrification,
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,
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,
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,
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; commuter base,
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; public relations,
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; profitability,
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,
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,
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,
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; standardized running times,
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; livery,
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; food and drink,
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; service improvements,
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; platform lighting,
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; and wartime,
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,
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,
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; and diesels,
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Southern Region,
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,
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,
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Southgate,
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Southport Chapel Street station,
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Spain,
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,
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‘sparks effect',
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,
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‘Special Scotch Express',
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specials,
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,
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,
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Spence, Elizabeth Isabella,
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Stafford, Marquess of,
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Stafford,
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Staffordshire,
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Stagecoach,
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,
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stagecoaches,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; heyday of,
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; journey times,
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,
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,
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; decline of,
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; train connections,
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Stamp, Joshua,
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,
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standard gauge,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; half-standard gauge,
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;
see also
broad gauge

Stanier, William,
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Stanley, Albert,
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,
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Stanley Junction,
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Staplehurst accident,
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stations,
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,
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,
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,
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; private,
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,
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; closures,
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,
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,
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; refurbishment,
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,
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,
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,
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; lighting,
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; platform edges,
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; numbers of,
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; reopened,
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; platform extensions,
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Statutes (Definition of Time) Act,
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steam, high-pressure,
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Steam Horse
,
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steamships,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Stephens, Colonel Holman Fred,
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Stephenson, George,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and standard gauge,
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,
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,
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,
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; reputation,
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; and Liverpool & Manchester Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; salary,
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; described by Fanny Kemble,
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; and Midland railways,
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,
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,
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; Tyne bridge,
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Stephenson, Robert,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and London & Birmingham Railway,
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,
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; bridge collapses,
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Stirlingshire,
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stock exchanges,
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,
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Stockport,
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Stockton,
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,
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,
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Stockton & Darlington Railway,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; origins and building,
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; gauge,
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,
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; horses on,
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,
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; opening,
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,
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,
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; passenger services,
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; economics,
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; single track,
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,
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; turnpike system,
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,
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; dividends,
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; carriages,
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; amalgamation,
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; workmen's trains,
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Stoke,
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Strategic Rail Authority,
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,
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,
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Stratford & Moreton Railway,
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,
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Stratford-on-Avon & Midland Junction Railway,
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Stratford-upon-Avon,
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Strathmore, Earl of,
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strikes,
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,
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,
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,
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; and wartime,
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,
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; post-war,
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; General Strike,
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; under BR,
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,
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Stromeferry,
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Strood,
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,
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Submarine Railway Company,
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subsidies,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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suburbs,
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,
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,
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; and electrification,
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,
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suffragettes,
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Sunday services,
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,
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Sunderland,
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suppliers, to railways,
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Surbiton,
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Surrey,
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,
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,
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Surrey Iron Railway,
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,
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Sussex,
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Sutherland, Duke of,
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Swannington,
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Swansea,
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Swansea & Mumbles Railway,
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Swindon,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; railway hotel,
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; workshops,
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,
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,
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Swiss Cottage,
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Szlumper, Gilbert S.,
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Taff Vale Railway,
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Taiwan,
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Taunton,
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Tay Bridge,
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Tebay,
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Tees, river,
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telephones,
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,
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Telford, Thomas,
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Telford, Tony,
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Templecombe,
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tenders, corridor,
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Territorial Army,
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TGV Est,
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Thames, river,
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,
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,
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,
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; boat services,
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; tunnel,
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Thames & Medway Canal Company,
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Thatcher, Margaret,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Thomas, David St John,
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,
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,
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,
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Thomas, Jimmy,
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,
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Thurso,
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,
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,
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tickets,
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,
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; seat reservations,
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; through booking,
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; standardization of,
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; season,
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,
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,
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,
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; hunters',
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; interchangeable,
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; concessions scrapped,
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; excursion and tourist,
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,
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; cheap day,
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; and privatization,
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Tilling,
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tilting trains,
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time, standardization of,
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Times, The
,
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,
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,
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,
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timetables,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and accidents,
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,
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; and railway races,
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; summer,
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; wartime,
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,
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; pre-war,
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,
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,
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; standardized running times,
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,
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; and high-speed trains,
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; under privatization,
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; working,
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