Proceeding on our way, we can readily trace the course of the old towing path of the canal, in the bed of which our line is laid.

Perdido Street Station was the centre of the city, even more than Parliament, the atramentous keep now empty of functionaries […]

Last but not least amongst the two level cars, a number of Chicago & North Western's bi-levels were upgraded to HEP compatibility, and although only a handful were converted, the C&NW's cars were a significant design.

Damascening is the art of encrusting one metal in another, not in crustae, which are soldered on or wedged into the metal surface to which they are applied, but in the form of wire, which by undercutting and hammering is thoroughly incorporated with the metal which it is intended to ornament. […] There is a cheap kuft work done by simply laying gold leaf on the steel plate, on which the ornamentation has been previously etched, which is easily made to adhere to the etching, and is then wiped off the rest of the surface.