Railway Transport Industries

Jeff Brouws and Wendy Burton have been collecting vernacular railroad photographs for many years, poring through disorganized boxes of snapshots at...

Gripping forensic tales explain how and why trains crash.Trains are massivewith some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collid...

The book comprises a number of research papers presented at several Computers in Railways Conferences. It has been compiled by Ingo A. Hansen, Pres...

Unusually among Welsh narrow-gauge railways, the 2ft 6in gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway was built to benefit agriculture, not mineral...

'Masterful' The Economist The Congo-Océan railroad stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. It was completed in 1934, when...

The factors affecting the economic viability of high speed rail lines include the level of expected riders, costs, and public benefits, which are i...

While Congress has been interested in high speed rail (HSR) since the 1960s, the provision of $8 billion for intercity passenger rail projects in t...

How New York City subways signage evolved from a visual mess to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant. For years, the signs in the New Yo...

Jerry Taylor and Ray Poteat take readers on a mile-by-mile trip through the tunnels and over the bridges of the historic CSX Clinchfield. Completed...

The book begins with a history of the industrial development of the Tondu Valleys, including the succession of great industrialists who led the way...

The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical tools for warehouse, inventory and transport managers and students to help them tackle th...

Chartered in 1827 as the country's first railroad, the legendary Baltimore and Ohio played a unique role in the nation's great railroad drama and b...

In John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend, historian H. Roger Grant details the fascinating life and impact of a transportation tycoon and doctor of...

The goal of this book is to provide transportation and land use planning practitioners in the public and private sectors with the tools and resourc...

Railways have always been at the heart of British politics, from their early beginnings in the 1830s through to the present day. And the sharpest d...

The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train . . .Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but while they squabb...

From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, railways became increasingly important in the lives of a growing number of Indians. While allowing million...