Railway technology, engineering & trades books

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How Steam Locomotives Really Work

How Steam Locomotives Really Work

Author: P. W. B. Semmens (Formerly Deputy Head of the National Railway Museum, York) ,  A. J. Goldfinch (Formerly Electrification, Plant and Machinery Engineer, Rail Board HQ)
ISBN: 9780198607823
Format: Paperback
$30.95

Describing the anatomy and physiology of the steam train, this work covers engine design, converting fuel into mechanical...  Read More >>

Robert Stephenson – The Eminent Engineer

Robert Stephenson – The Eminent Engineer

Author: Michael R. Bailey
ISBN: 9780754636793
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Southwest Virginia's Railroad: Modernization and the Sectional Crisis in the Civil War Era

Southwest Virginia's Railroad: Modernization and the...

Author: Kenneth W. Noe
ISBN: 9780817350642
Format: Paperback
$58.08

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Spon's Railways Construction Price Book

Spon's Railways Construction Price Book

Author: Franklin + Andrews
ISBN: 9780415326230
Format: Hardback
$620.00

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The Birth of California Narrow Gauge: A Regional Study of the Technology of Thomas and Martin Carter

The Birth of California Narrow Gauge: A Regional Study...

Author: Bruce MacGregor
ISBN: 9780804735506
Format: Hardback
$65.95

This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction,...  Read More >>

Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive

Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive

Author: J. Parker Lamb
ISBN: 9780253342195
Format: Hardback
$34.95

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Railway Control Systems

Railway Control Systems

Author: Jennifer Hyde
ISBN: 9780902390164
Format: Paperback
$155.25

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Jubilee Line Extension: From concept to completion

Jubilee Line Extension: From concept to completion

Author: Robert Mitchell
ISBN: 9780727730282
Format: Hardback
$162.95

This major reference work details the story of London Underground’s award winning Jubilee Line Extension (JLE),...  Read More >>

Electric Railways: 1880-1990

Electric Railways: 1880-1990

Author: Michael C. Duffy
ISBN: 9780852968055
Format: Hardback
$382.80

This book presents a thorough survey of electric railway development from the earliest days of the London Underground...  Read More >>

History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad

History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Author: Maury Klein
ISBN: 9780813122632
Format: Hardback
$118.80

After the Civil War, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad took the lead among southern railroads in developing...  Read More >>

Fundamentals of Rail Vehicle Dynamics

Fundamentals of Rail Vehicle Dynamics

Author: Alan Wickens (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)
ISBN: 9789026519468
Format: Hardback
$255.00

Lays a foundation for the design of rail vehicles based on the mechanics of wheel-rail interaction as described...  Read More >>

System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, Track and Subgrade

System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles,...

Author: Karl Popp ,  Werner Schiehlen
ISBN: 9783540438922
Format: Hardback
$842.16

During the last decades completely new technologies for high speed railway vehicles have been developed. However,...  Read More >>

New York's Pennsylvania Stations

New York's Pennsylvania Stations

Author: Hilary Ballon (Columbia University) ,  Norman McGrath
ISBN: 9780393730784
Format: Hardback
$90.95

A journey through the extraordinary history of New York's Pennsylvania Station.  Read More >>

TRANSAERO: A European Initiative on Transient Aerodynamics for Railway System Optimisation

TRANSAERO: A European Initiative on Transient Aerodynamics...

Author: Burkhard Schulte-Werning ,  Remi Gregoire
ISBN: 9783540433163
Format: Hardback
$789.36

"This volume entitled ""TRANSAERO - A European Initiative on Transient Aerodynamics for Railway System Optimisation""...  Read More >>

Rails Under the Mighty Hudson: The Story of the Hudson Tubes, the Pennsylvania Tunnels, and Manhattan Transfer

Rails Under the Mighty Hudson: The Story of the Hudson...

Author: Brian J. Cudahy
ISBN: 9780823221905
Format: Paperback
$54.95

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British Railways Layout Plans of the 1950's

British Railways Layout Plans of the 1950's

Author: John Swift
ISBN: 9781873228203
Format: Paperback
$25.88

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When the Steam Railroads Electrified, Revised Second Edition

When the Steam Railroads Electrified, Revised Second...

Author: William D. Middleton
ISBN: 9780253339799
Format: Hardback
$49.95

A comprehensive history of North American railroad electrification. It chronicles the ups and downs of electrification...  Read More >>

New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy in the Twenty-First Century

New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy in...

Author: Anthony Perl
ISBN: 9780813122113
Format: Hardback
$105.60

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Railroads and American Law

Railroads and American Law

Author: James W. Ely, Jr.
ISBN: 9780700611447
Format: Hardback
$105.47

James W. Ely Jr, tells the history of the rail industry, showing that two institutions - the railroad and American...  Read More >>

Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat

Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management...

Author: John E. Clark
ISBN: 9780807127261
Format: Hardback
$92.27

In this work John E. Clark Jr. explains how the skill with which Union and Confederate war leaders dealt with problems...  Read More >>

Railway Rolling Stock (Railtex)

Railway Rolling Stock (Railtex)

Author: PEP (Professional Engineering Publishers) ,  Lastpep (Professional Engineering Publishers)
ISBN: 9781860583513
Format: Hardback
$544.95

This text brings together contributions from all areas of the rail industry and academia and offers the oportunity...  Read More >>

On the Fast Track: French Railway Modernization and the Origins of the TGV, 1944-1983

On the Fast Track: French Railway Modernization and...

Author: Jacob Meunier ,  Michael Dukakis
ISBN: 9780275973773
Format: Hardback
$140.00

For much of the postwar era, French society had a contradictory view of passenger trains, scorning them as quaint...  Read More >>

Sir Nigel Gresley: The Engineer and His Family

Sir Nigel Gresley: The Engineer and His Family

Author: Geoffrey Hughes
ISBN: 9780853615798
Format: Paperback
$54.21

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