Railway technology, engineering & trades books

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

While Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada face intense pressure to transform themselves into successful commercial enterprises,...  Read More >>

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

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

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

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

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Brown analyzes the structure of railroad demand; the forces driving continual innovation in locomotive design; Baldwin's...  Read More >>

This detailed account of the Stockton to Darlington line recalls a momentous step in technical progress.  Read More >>

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

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Published in conjunction with the History of the City of New York Project. ""...a valuable case study in the micropolitics...  Read More >>

Introductory text and concise history of the railroads in North America. Briefly covers virtually every conceivable...  Read More >>

A series of essays making the case for the possibility of ideals ground in objective truth.  Read More >>

This is the most unique and comprehensive detailed design review of bull head track configuration for the use of...  Read More >>

Presenting a collection of papers from the first Ricardo international conference, this work focuses on the technologies...  Read More >>

This text deals with the principles, analysis/validation and design, testing and commissioning of the engineering...  Read More >>

Steam trains can still be found all over the world, in preserved railways and museums. This book describes their...  Read More >>

This book looks at the planning, design and management of railway stations. It examines a whole range of stations,...  Read More >>

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This book deals with the prominent aspects of this process for any electronic design, including a thorough treatment...  Read More >>

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Features a story of the application of engineering to the building of a transportation system that civilised and...  Read More >>