Chapter IV: The Steam Locomotive

The earliest railroad, p. 119--The substitution of flanged
wheels for flanged rails, p. 120--The locomotive of Richard
Trevithick, p. 121--The cable road of Chapman, p. 123--Stephenson
solves the problem, p. 124--Versatility of Stephenson, p.
125--His early locomotives, p. 126--Stephenson's locomotive of
1825, p. 127--The first passenger coach, p. 128--The Liverpool
and Manchester Railway projected, p. 129--Conditions named
for testing the competing locomotives, p. 130--The _Rocket_
and other contestants, p. 132--Description of the _Rocket_,
p. 133--Improvements on the construction of the _Rocket_, p.
134--Improvements in locomotives in recent years, p. 135--The
compound locomotive, p. 137--Advantages of compound locomotives,
p. 138--The Westinghouse air brake, p. 141--The "straight air
brake," p. 143--The automatic air brake, p. 144--The high-speed
air brake, p. 146--Automatic couplings, p. 147--Principle of the
Janney coupling, p. 149--A comparison--the old and the new, p.
150.