Pueblo, 164, 171 ---- and Arkansas railway, 164–7 ---- to Leadville, 168 Puget Sound, 309, 318 Pullman car, the, on the Hedjaz railway, 126 Puno, 136, 279 Puy de Dôme, 145 Pyrhn Pass, 94 ---- railway, 94 Queensland railways, 176, 182, 184 Rack system, the, 216, 221, 255, 273, 274, 277, 279, 307 Rainhill, 46 Raiz da Serra, 216 Rangoon, 255 Red Sea, the, 123, 158, 159 Reinunga Tunnel, 266–7 Rejaf, 160–61 Resurrection Bay, 112 Reuss River, 35 Rhodes, Cecil-- Cape to Cairo railway, 139–61 Death of, 149 Rhodesia, 141, 284 ---- North-West, 145 Riggenbach system, the, 216 Rimac River, 130 Rinderpest, 141, 211 Rio de Janeiro, 214, 215 ---- Bay of, 216–17 “Rio de las animas perdidas,” 170 “Riviera of America,” 249 Roa, 267, 269 Robinson, A. A., the Hanging Bridge, 165–7 “Rocket,” Stephenson’s, 46 Rockhampton, 190, 193 Rocky Mountains, the, 68, 136, 162, 164, 167–9, 170, 172, 173, 193, 230, 231, 312–13 ---- avalanches, 5, 6 ---- Bozeman Tunnel, 310–11 ---- Mullan Tunnel, 311 Rogers, Major A. B., 234 Rogers’ Pass, 234 Rollins Pass, 163, 173–4 Rosenbach Valley, 95 Ross, Alexander M., 49, 50, 52 Rouses’s Point, 47 Royal Gorge, 164–7, 170 Ruapehu, Mount, 195 Ruo Bridge, 285–6 ---- River, 285 Russia, Asiatic, 198 ---- European, railways, 199, 205 Russo-Japanese War, 212 Sacramento, 63, 70, 71 Sahara, the, 79 St. Bernard Hospice, 163 St. Clair River, 54 ---- Tunnel, 54–6 ---- ---- Electrification, 56–7 St. Gotthard Tunnel, 88–90, 129, 195, 233; footpath, 30–31; financial arrangements, 31–4; hindrances, 34–6; drilling, 36–7; labour, 37–8; water, 38–9; deficit, 39; death of M. Favre, 40; borings completed, 41–3; the second track, 43–5 St. John’s, Quebec, 46, 58 St. Lawrence, Victoria Jubilee Bridge, 46–54 St. Paul Pass, 320–21 ---- railway, 308 St. Petersburg, 203, 207 St. Pinnock Viaduct, 22 Salt Lake, 61, 71, 72, 73 ---- ---- City, 71, 164, 171, 314, 317 ---- ---- Desert, 318 Saltash Bridge, 23 San Bartholomé, 131 San Diabolo Range, 315 San Francisco, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 70, 198, 225, 241, 314, 315 Sarnia, 54 Sarras, 153 Scandinavia-- Climate, 103 Snow-ploughs, 260 Schwarzach St. Veit, 101 Schwitzer, J. E., 1, 233 Scottish Highlands railway, 173 Seattle, 107, 318 Selkirk Range, the, 6, 234–8 ---- “Jaws of Death,” the, 237 ---- Rogers’ Pass, 234 ---- Snow-sheds, 24, 235–7 ---- Split fences, 236 ---- Stoney Creek Bridge, 237–8 Sella, Lake of, 42 Selzthal, 94 Semmering Pass, 92 ---- Range, 91 Sennar, 156–7 Severn Tunnel, 276 Seward, 112, 113 Shanghai, 213, 290, 291, 296 Shanghai-Nangchow-Ningpo railway, 298 Shanghai-Nanking railway, 295 Shanghai-Woosung railway, 290–295 Shan-Hai-Kuan, 292, 294 Shellal, 158