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Engines of Special Type, Constructed for Narrow Gauge Lines, and for Shunting Yards, 105
——— Method of Building at Crewe Works, no Interchangeability of Parts, 111
——— Increase in size and weight of, 247
Engineer and Railway Volunteer Staff Corps, Constitution of, 284
——— Volunteers, Enrolment of, at Crewe Works, 288
Executive Officers, Duties of, 14
Expenditure, System of Control Over, 19
Explosives, Railway Companies not Bound to Carry, 269

Facing Point Locks, 75
——— Points, Distance from which they can be Safely Worked from Cabins, 79
Fares and Rates Committee, Functions of, 13
——— Mode of Regulation, 204
——— Effects of Competition Upon, 206
——— Conferences of Railway Companies to Agree Upon, 207
——— Reduction of, in 1875, 243
Females, Employment of, as Clerks, 25
Finance Committee, Functions of, 12
Fires, Arrangements for Preventing or Extinguishing at Stations, 198
——— Liability of Railway Companies for Damage Resulting from, 270
First Class Traffic, Unproductive character of, 256
Fish Plates, Description of, 44
——— Traffic, Mode of Dealing with, at Holyhead Harbour, 198
Fog Signalmen, Duties of, 165
——— Signalling by Mechanical Methods, 166
Fog Signalmen, Means of Providing Dwellings for, Near their Posts, 167
Fogs, Mode of Working Railways During, 164
Foot-warmers for Carriages, Improved Method of Heating, 135
Frauds Practised upon Railway Companies as to Value of Goods, 269
Freight, Railway Companies may Demand Prepayment of, 268
——— Railway Companies may Detain Goods for Payment of, 273
Fuel, Consumption of, by Engines, 255

Gas for Lighting Signal Lamps, 80
——— Lighting of Carriages, 137
——— Engines for Actuating Machinery in Goods Warehouses, 201
Goods Agents, Duties of, 15
——— Conference, Business Transacted at, 16
——— Traffic, Perfect Organisation Required for Conduct of, 181
——— Method of Invoicing, Checking, Loading, and Unloading, 184.
——— Warehouses, Methods of Construction and Working of, 199
——— Lost or Damaged, Liabilities of Common Carriers with Regard to, 270
——— Must be Properly Packed, or the Carrier is Absolved from Liability, 269
——— Deterioration of, in Transit, 270
——— Stopped in transitu, 275
(See also Merchandise)
Gradients of Railways, 55
——— Effect of, on Speed and Load of Trains, 58
Guards, Selection, Training, and Examination of, 26