| | Popular histories of Scottish railways have tended to tell the story of one particular company or another. This book presents a different approach by exploring the inter-related development of the Great North of Scotland and the Highland Railways and their constituent companies in the three decades from the great railway mania of 1845 to the time when the railway finally reached the far north of Scotland. Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Region of Contrasts
- 3 The Financial Framework of Railway
- 4 The Great Railway Mania and Scotland, 1845-46
- 5 The Route to Inverness: The Great Norths Perspective
- 6 The Route from Aberdeen: The Inverness Perspective
- 7 An Uneasy Alliance
- 8 The Great North and its Branches
- 9 The Gale of Competition, 1860-65
- 10 Defence and Collapse of the Aberdeen Monopoly
- 11 Great North and Highland Finances, 1865-67
- 12 Caledonian Lifelines
- 13 Refinancing the Great North of Scotland Railway
- 14 Tackling the Debt of the Highland Railway
- 15 The Great North and the Highland Railways, 1874
- Bibliography
- References
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