Trade, transport and coal 1767-1815
'Rails best adapted to the road' : cast-iron rails and their alternatives in Britain 1767-1832
Canal feeders, quarry railways and construction sites
'Art has supplied the place of horses' : traction 1767-1815
'Geometrical precision' : wrought-iron rails 1808-1834
'Most suitable for hilly countries' : rope and chain haulage 1815-1834
'That truly astonishing machine' : locomotives 1815-1834
Internal communications 1815-1834
The first main lines 1824-1834
Coming of age : the public railway 1830-1834
'The new avenues of iron road' 1834-1850
'You can't hinder the railroad".
