Ueber das englische Eisenbahnwesen: Reisestudien

Name of traveller

Hermann Schwabe

Reason for travel

• study of British railways

Date of travel

undated, ca. 1870

Abgesehen davon, dass deutsche Eisenbahn-Ingeneure selten England besuchen, darf es noch weniger befremden, dass die Ffestiniog railway [sic] nicht beachtet wird, da selbst unsere Specialkarten über die Lage dieser Bahn keinen Aufschluss geben, und erst ein Blick in den Bradshaw zeigt, dass dieselbe an der nordwestlichen Küste von Wales [...] liegt. (Schwabe 70)

Content

• industry: importance of Ffestiniog Railway for transport of slates to nearby harbours
• terrain:
  • romanticised description of north Wales coastline and picturesque qualities of mountains
  • mountainous terrain as a challenge for railway engineers
• transport:
  • modes of travel: various types of trains
  • study of British railways as means to improve the transport system in Prussia
  • detailed descriptions of railway engineering
  • notes lack of inclusion of the Ffestiniog Railway even on his special map of trainlines in Britain
  • tracks of Ffestiniog Railway used for transport of goods and people
  • author impressed by engineering quality of trains running on the Ffestiniog line
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Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

scientific study

Citation

Schwabe, H[ermann]. Ueber das englische Eisenbahnwesen: Reisestudien. Berlin: Verlag von Ernst & Korn, 1871. 70-6. Print.