Opening of Stockton and Darlington Railway 238 The First Railway Coach 241 No. 1 Engine at Darlington 244 Middlesborough-on-Tees 246 Map of Liverpool and Manchester Railway 250-1 Surveying on Chat Moss 264 Olive Mount Cutting 291 Sankey Viaduct 292 Baiting-place at Sankey 296 Chat Moss--Works in progress 299 Robert Stephenson's Cottage at Santa Anna 306 The "Rocket" 321 Locomotive Competition at Rainhill 324 Railway _versus_ Road 328 Map of Leicester and Swannington Railway 343 Alton Grange 346 Portrait of Robert Stephenson 348 Map of London and Birmingham Railway 354 Blisworth Cutting 355 Shafts, Kilsby Tunnel 357 Kilsby Tunnel (North end) 363 Dutton Viaduct 366 Littleborough Tunnel (West entrance) 368 Littleborough Tunnel (Walsden end) 369 Map of Midland Railway 370 Land-slip, Ambergate 372 Bull Bridge 373 Coalville and Snibston Colliery 391 Tapton House 392 Lime-works, Ambergate 394 Forth-Street Works, Newcastle 396 Claycross Works 420 Newcastle from High-Level Bridge 421 Royal Border Bridge, Berwick 430 Elevation and Plan of Arch, High-Level Bridge 436 Railway at Penmaen Mawr 440 Map of Menai Strait 442 Construction of Britannia Tube on Staging 450 Conway Bridge 451 Menai Bridge 457 Floating First Tube, Conway Bridge 459 View in Tapton Gardens 460 Footpath to Tapton House 465 Trinity Church, Chesterfield 471 Tablet in Trinity Church 473 Victoria Bridge, Montreal 474 Elevation of Pier, Victoria Bridge 478 Works in Progress, Victoria Bridge 480 Erection of the Main Central Tube, Victoria Bridge 483 Stephenson Memorial Schools, Willington 496 EARLY INVENTORS IN LOCOMOTION. [Illustration: RICHARD TREVITHICK, C.E.] EARLY INVENTORS IN LOCOMOTION. CHAPTER I. SCHEMERS AND PROJECTORS.