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Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on. Track usually consists of steel rails installed on sleepers/ties and ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves.
General
[edit]- Economy of Railway Locomotion as it appeared in the June 1873 Popular Science Monthly
- The Growth and Effect of Railway Consolidation as it appeared in the March 1883 Popular Science Monthly
- A voice from the signal-box, or Railway Accidents and their Causes, by an anonymous signalman (1874).
Civil engineering
[edit]- Portal:Channel Tunnel
- The St Gothard Tunnel as it appeared in the August 1880 Popular Science Monthly
- The Electric Railway as it appeared in the April 1884 Popular Science Monthly
- Geography and the Railroads as it appeared in the June 1884 Popular Science Monthly
- The Severn Tunnel: Its Construction and Difficulties. 1872–1887, by Thomas A. Walker, (1888).
Mechanical engineering
[edit]- Compressed-Air Locomotive in St Gothard Tunnel as it appeared in the February 1877 Popular Science Monthly
- The Modern Locomotive, by Clarence Edgar Allen, (1912). IA
- Steam Locomotive Construction and Maintenance, by E. L. Ahrons, (1921).
Signal engineering
[edit]- Electric Signaling on English Railroads as it appeared in the March 1874 Popular Science Monthly
Operation and management
[edit]- Railway Locomotive Management, in a series of letters, by “Veriats Vincit” (1847) IA
- "Increasing the Net Profit of Passenger Traffic", in Railroad Gazette, Vol. 38, No. 5 (3 February 1905)
- Letters from an old railway official, to his son, a division superintendent, by Charles DeLano Hine, (1904).
- Letters from an old railway official (second series), his son, a general manager, by Charles DeLano Hine, (1912). (transcription project)
Periodicals
[edit]- American Railroad Journal (1832–1886) — Merged with Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine as The Railroad and Engineering Journal
- Railway Age (1856–1908, 1918–present) — Merged with Railroad Gazette to form Railroad Age Gazette; recreated in 1918 when Railway Age Gazette renamed Railway Age. Renamed Railway Age and Railway Gazette for most of 1928 and part of 1929.
- Railway Times (1862?–1914?) — Merged in to Railway Gazette (UK) and Railway News
- Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine (1869?–1886) — Merged with American Railroad Journal as The Railroad and Engineering Journal
- Railroad Gazette (1870–May 1908) — Merged with Railway Age to form Railroad Age Gazette
- American Engineer and Railroad Journal (1883–May 1913) – Became Railway Age Gazette Mechanical Edition
- Electric Railway Gazette (1884?–1895?)
- The Railroad and Engineering Journal (1887–1892), American Engineer and Railroad Journal (1883–May 1913), Railway Age Gazette Mechanical Edition (June 1913–1914), Railway Mechanical Engineer (1915–?)
- Locomotive Engineering (?1888–1900) – Changed name to Railway and Locomotive Engineering in 1901)
- Railway and Locomotive Engineering (1900–?)
- Die Lokomotive (1904–1937) — German language magazine published in Vienna. (external scan)
- Railroad Age Gazette (June 1908–1909), Railway Age Gazette (1910–17) — Became Railway Age
- Railway Age Gazette (1910–1917) — Became Railway Age in 1918
- Railway Age Gazette Mechanical Edition (June 1913–1914) – Became Railway Mechanical Engineer
- Railway Mechanical Engineer (1915–?)
Accident Reports
[edit]National Transportation Safety Board Reports
[edit]- Railroad accident report—Derailment of Southern Pacific Transportation Company freight train on May 12, 1989 and subsequent rupture of Calnev petroleum pipeline on May 25, 1989—San Bernardino, California
- Derailment of Amtrak Passenger Train 188 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 12, 2015-Accident Report
- Railroad Accident Report 92-01 (1992)
Companies
[edit]- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- Illinois Central Railroad
- Northern Pacific Railway
- Union Pacific Railway and the Northwest-Line
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad
External links
[edit]- Subclass TF on Project Gutenberg