1. Public order: the army and railways
2. Railways and home defence
3. Railway experiments in mid-Victorian wars
4. Operational railways
5. Strategic railways in India
6. Sudan military railway
7. Railways on the Veld: the South African War, 1899-1902
8. Conclusion: railways and the preparation for war, 1914
Appendix 1: Working methods on the Sudan Railway, 1884-5
2. Indian volunteer railway units
Bibliography
Index