Light Railways for the United Kingdom, India, and the Colonies

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Excerpt from Light Railways for the United Kingdom, India, and the Colonies: A Practical Handbook Setting Forth the Principles on Which Light Railways Should Be Constructed, Worked, and Financed The construction of Light Railways, as distinct from the Main-line standard, has not found much favour in this country, and such lines are only to be found in a few isolated instances. On the contrary, however, nearly every other nation has long ago found out their usefulness, and assistance from public funds has been largely given towards their construction. In Belgium alone there are upwards of 700 miles of Light Railways, with a capital of nearly sterling, while Hungary has also over 2300 miles, with a gross revenue of per annum. Saxony, Switzerland, Italy, and France have all their local railways and tramways, and in Germany the system has been so far developed that a Light Railway periodical has been in existence since 1874. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.