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Bahnsicherungstechnik
Wiley 2011; US$ 47.95Das Buch erläutert die Grundlagen der Bahnsicherungstechnik, stellt die sicherungstechnischen Systemkomponenten vor und die Bedingungen für die sichere Steuerung des Transportprozesses. Die sicherungstechnischen Prinzipien beschreibt es anhand der Komponenten der Sicherungs- und Betriebsleittechnik wie Stellwerke, Streckenblocksysteme, Zugbeeinflussungs-anlagen,... more...
Australian Railwayman
Rosenberg Publishing 2006; US$ 15.99Ron Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway family. He began his career as a 16-year-old engineering cadet and completed it, 46 years later, having worked at various times for two state railways and the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of South Australian Railways. In this book Fitch gives a vivid account not only of his career but of the camaraderie of... more...
The Subterranean Railway
Atlantic Books Ltd 2009; US$ 10.92Since Victorian times, London's Underground has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and has played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. This wide-ranging history of the Underground celebrates the vision and determination of the Victorian pioneers who conceived this revolutionary transport system... more...
No One's Child
IP (Interactive Publications) 2012; US$ 15.00This is the remarkable story of her childhood as a 'railway brat', growing up along the rail tracks in small towns while her father worked on the lines. more...
The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour
Springer 2013; US$ 139.00A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure objects represents a basic requirement for train safety and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and their components deteriorate over time. This affects performance and may lead to failures. Albert Einstein said, You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better... more...
Transcontinental Train Odyssey
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 34.53Tim Fischer's very personal guide to the great transcontinental railways of the world. more...
Fundamentals of Rail Vehicle Dynamics
Routledge 2003; US$ 209.95The railway vehicle is one of the most complex dynamical systems in engineering. This book concentrates on the conflict between dynamic stability and guidance and how the arrangement of the suspension system can be used to optimize steering and stability. more...
Practical Railway Engineering
World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 62.40This textbook covers the very wide spectrum of all aspects of railway engineering for all engineering disciplines, in a ?broad brush? way giving a good overall knowledge of what is involved in planning, designing, constructing and maintaining a railway. more...
Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics
CRC Press 2006; US$ 165.95Understanding the dynamics of railway vehicles, and indeed of the entire vehicle-track system, is critical to ensuring safe and economical operation of modern railways. As the challenges of higher speed and higher loads with very high levels of safety require ever more innovative engineering solutions, better understanding of the technical issues and... more...
Dining Car to the Pacific
University of Minnesota Press 2004; US$ 75.00William A. McKenzie offers a lavishly illustrated and richly detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific Railway. McKenzie includes authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato and Washington Apple Pan Cake. Dining Car to the Pacific will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and anyone... more...









