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George Stephenson
The History Press 2013; US$ 13.11Much is known about the achievements of George Stephenson and of his infamous creation, the Rocket, yet little is known of the man himself. This volume is a profile of the self-taught and often testy Geordie, whose Victorian invention is now the backbone of every nation on the planet. more...
Vehicle-bridge Interaction Dynamics
World Scientific Publishing Company 2004; US$ 127.40The commercial operation of the bullet train in 1964 in Japan marked the beginning of a new era for high-speed railways. Because of the huge amount of kinetic energy carried at high speeds, a train may interact significantly with the bridge and even resonate with it under certain circumstances. Equally important is the riding comfort of the train cars,... more...
Engineer of Revolutionary Russia
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 144.95From Marxist revolutionary to American academic, this book reveals the life of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). The book employs an exceptionally rich base of high-quality primary sources, that not only provides a much-needed account and assessment of Lomonosov's... more...
Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 5
Springer 2011; US$ 209.99This the fifth volume of five from the 28th IMAC on Structural Dynamics and Renewable Energy, 2010, brings together 19 chapters on the Dynamics of Bridges. It presents early findings from experimental as well as computational investigations on the Dynamics of Bridges, including studies on Modeling Environmental Effects on the Dynamic Characteristics... 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...
Transcontinental Train Odyssey
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 34.53Tim Fischer's very personal guide to the great transcontinental railways of the world. 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...
Transrapid und Rad-Schiene-Hochgeschwindigkeitsbahn
Springer 2006; US$ 99.99Der Transrapid bietet im Hochgeschwindigkeitsbereich eine sehr interessante Alternative. Die Autoren zeigen in einem Systemvergleich Vor- und Nachteile des Transrapid im Vergleich mit konventionellen Rad-Schiene-Systemen, im Hochgeschwindigkeitsbereich auf Strecken zwischen 150 und 800 Kilometern und als peer-to-peer-Verbindung im Kurzstreckenbereich. Berücksichtigt... more...
Sir Sandford Fleming
Dundurn 2009; US$ 14.99Best known for his major railway-building accomplishments, Sir Sandford Fleming's origins are revealed in these early diaries that record his thoughts as an 18-year-old leaving his family home in Scotland for Canada. more...
Shinkansen
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95The image of the shinkansen ? or ?bullet train? ? passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international reputation for speed and punctuality, little is understood about what makes it work so well and what its impact is. This is a comprehensive account of the history of the shinkansen, from its planning... more...









