Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Plates vi
4. Preface vii
5. Conventions and Abbreviations Used in the Text xi
6. 1. The Need for Government Action 1
7. 2. The Early Years of the Railway Department, 1840-1844 28
8. 3. The Railway Board and Its Aftermath, 1844-1846 61
9. 4. The Commissioners of Railways, 1846-1851 103
10. 5. The Railway Department, 1851-1867 129
11. 6. Relations with the Companies 163
12. 7. Railways in the Theory of Government 202
13. Epilogue: 1868-1914 212
14. Appendix A. Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Board of Trade, 1840-1867 230
15. Appendix B. The Commissioners of Railways 231
16. Appendix C. Higher Civil Servants with Responsibility for Regulation of Railways 1840-1867 232
17. Bibliography 235
18. Index 239