Trans-Continental railway-- First Canadian, 224–39 Proposed Australian, 189–93 United States, first, 59–75 Trans-Norwegian railway, 262 Trans-Siberian railway, 198–213, 293, 299, 300 Transvaal-- Cost of railways, 140 Negro labour, 283 Tremola River, 35 Trieste, 91, 92, 101 Trisanna Viaduct, 90 Tröllhätten, 262 ---- Falls, 260 Tsumeb, 79, 85 Tuchili River, 286 Tugela Bridge, 155 Tupungato, 274 Turnagain Arm, 113 Two-foot gauge, 78 Uddevalla-Wenersborg-Herljunga railway, 260 Uganda, 160 Union Pacific railway, 63, 70, 171, 198 United Kingdom, mileage in 1870, 289 United States-- First trans-continental, 59–75 Mileage in 1870, 289 Railway interests, 112, 239, 295 Railways, 176, 185, 208 Upsallata Station, 273 Ural Mountains, 199, 201, 205, 213 Usakos, 86 Usamburu, 150 Usui Pass, 307 Valparaiso, 270 Vancouver, 107, 224 Vasquez, 174 Verrugas Bridge, 132–4, 136, 138 “Verrugas fever,” 133–5 Verrugas River, 132 Viaducts, overhanging principle, 257 Victoria, 176, 184 ---- Bridge (Zambesi), 142–4, 157 ---- Desert, 190 ---- Falls, 142–4 ---- Jubilee Bridge (St. Lawrence), 51–4 Vienna, 91, 93–4 Villa Bocage, 282, 287 Villach, 101 Vladivostok, 200, 201, 202, 211, 212 Vossevangen, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269 “V-switches,” 130–32, 180, 274 Wadi Haifa, 153 Waian timber trestle, the, 197 Wales, North, Toy railway, 76–87 Walkaway, 189 Walker, Messrs. C. H. & Co., 276 Wallula Pacific railway, 28 Wankie coalfield, 142 Wapata Mountain, 233 Wash-outs, 219–20 Wellington, 194 West Indies, 240 Westinghouse Electric Co., 56–7 White ants, 142, 284 White _de luxe_ express, 158 White Horse, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110 ---- Horse summit, 110 White Nile Bridge, 157–8 ---- Pass, 105, 110, 111 ---- Pass and Yukon line, 105–12 ---- Pass summit, 110, 111 “White Tiger,” the, 289, 296 Whitton, John, 178–80 Whitworth & Co., Messrs., 200, 206 Wicklow, 22–23 Windhuk, 82 Wingatui Viaduct, 196–7 Winnipeg, 224 Wochenier Tunnel, 97–8 “Wooden flanges,” 46 Woosung, 290, 296 Wurzner Save Valley, 97 Yablonovoi Range, 209 Yamagata, Prince, 306 Yarmuk River, 122 Yellow fever, 215 Yellow Gorge. _See_ Amarillo Gorge ---- River Bridge, 299 Yellowhead Pass, 230 Yellowstone River, 320 Yenisei Bridge, 204 ---- River, 201, 204 Yokohama, 305 Yukon River, 104, 108 Yun-nan, 301–2 ---- railway, 301–4 Yun-nan-Sen, 302 Zambesi River, 142, 147, 150, 281, 282 Zigzag grading, 177–81, 187, 219 ---- the Great, 178–80 Zlatoost, 199, 202 Zyrkousounsk Mountain Chain, 206 THE END _Rickard Clay & Sons, Limited, London and Bungay_ Transcriber’s Notes