Australia, West-- Railways, 176, 186, 187, 189 Survey work, 190–92 Trans-continental scheme, 190–191 Water-supply, 187–9, 190–91 Austria, railway enterprise, 88, 90, 95 Avers Platz, 163 “Azure Dragon,” the, 289, 296 Baden-Zurich railway, 31 Bahia Honda, 248 Baikal, Lake, 150, 200, 206, 207 ---- railway, 201 Baker, Sir Benjamin, 293–4 Baldwin Company of Philadelphia, 217 Baltic Sea, ice-breakers, 206 Barrow, F. W., 215 Bathurst, 177 Batignolles, 303–4 Batn-el-Ghoul, the, 124 Beacon Hill Tunnel, 300–301 Beckwourth Pass, 317 Bedouin, the, 118–21, 126–7 Beira, 284 Beirut, 122 Beit, Alfred, 149 Belgian railway interests, 150–51, 295, 299, 300 Bell, J. B., 252 Bennett, Lake, 108–9 Bennett, Mr., 26–7 Bergen, 262, 263, 267, 269 Bergen-Christiania line, 263–9 Bergsund, 261 Biaschina Gorge, 43 “Big Hill,” 217, 218, 231–2 Biwa Lake, 305 Blackwall Tunnel, 55 Blanc, Mont, 128 Blantyre, 282, 283, 287 Bluden, 90 Blue Nile, the, 156–7 Bodin, Georges, 303 Bogie principle, 78 Bolivia, railways of, 279–80 Borneo, British North, 4 Bossi, engineer, 42 Boulder River Canyon, 172 Box Tunnel, 23 Boxer Rebellion, the, 299 Bozeman Tunnel, 310–11 Bramstone Tunnel, 24 Brandt hydraulic drills, 89–90, 98, 265 Bray Head, 23–5 Brazil-- Brazilian-Portuguese labourers, 223 Configuration, 216 Leopoldina system, 214–23 “Bridge Line,” New Zealand, 196–7 Bridges-- Girder, 221 Rack system, 221 Steel, 260 Bristen Tunnel, 44 British and Chinese Corporation, 296, 300 British Central Africa Co., 282 ---- Columbia, 110, 224, 239 ---- North Borneo, 4 Broken Hill, 147, 149, 150 Bromma, 267 Brunel, work in Ireland, 22–5 Buenos Aires and Pacific railway, 270 Buffalo, 55, 70–71 Bukana, 151 Buluwayo, 141, 142 Burma, Gokteik Viaduct, 250 ---- Railway Co., 254 ---- Upper, bridges, 254 Butte, 312 Cairo, 139, 150, 151, 158 Caissons, 182–3 California, the gold rush to, 60, 69 Callao, 129, 130, 138 Camels, transport by, 190–2 Campos, 221 Canada-- Eastern, the railway in, 225 Fighting gangs, 28 First trans-continental, 224–39 Muskeg country, 18, 226–9 Canadian Pacific railway, 316–17 “Big Hill,” 217, 218, 231–2 Chinese labour on, 15 Eagle Pass, 238 Gold Range, 238 Government aid, 225–6 Kicking Horse Pass, 232–4 Muskeg country, difficulties, 226–9 Selkirk Range, 234–8 Cantilever principle, 144, 239 Canton, 299, 300 ---- -Kowloon railway, 295, 299–301 Cape of Good Hope, 212 Cape to Cairo railway-- Northwards from Cape Town, 139–51 Southwards from Cairo, 152–61 Cape Town, 139, 141, 145, 147, 150, 161 Carnarvon, 79 Cascade Range-- Grading, 21, 321 Snowsheds, 24 Tunnelling, 25, 27, 193, 313–14, 321 “Catch points,” 231 Cathedral Mountain, 233