Railway technology, engineering and trades

Este libro, con un carácter eminentemente didáctico, está escrito con la finalidad de ayudar a entender los sistemas de control y señalización en el ferrocarril.

Links Geotechnics with Railway Track Engineering and Railway Operation Good railway track and railway operations depend on good geotechnics, in several different ways and at varying levels.

Railway expansion was symbolic of modernization in the late 19th century, and Britain, Germany and France built railways at enormous speed and reaped great commercial benefits.

Allows the reader to deepen their understanding of various technologies for both fixed power supply installations of railway systems and for railway rolling stock This book explores the electric railway systems that play a crucial role in the mitigation of congestion and pollution caused by road traffic.

Electric traction is the most favourable type of power supply for electric railways from both an ecological and an economic perspective.

Dynamic Analysis of High-Speed Railway Alignment: Theory and Practice elaborates on the dynamic analysis theory and method on spatial alignment parameters of high-speed railways, revealing the interaction mechanism between vehicle-track dynamic performance and track parameters of high-speed railways.

Als Standardwerk beschreibt das Große Handbuch der Gleisinstandhaltung in anschaulicher und komprimierter Form alle Aspekte der Gleisinstandhaltung in Theorie und Praxis.

This book is designed to summarize and synthesize Professor Chen Weirong's many years of research and related technical progress in the field.

Great Britain not only invented the main-line railway but has also led the way in it's preservation - not just locomotves and carriages but also the buildings and structures that bear witness to the confidence of railway developers, architects and engineers.

Railway Transportation Systems covers the entire range of railway passenger systems, from conventional and high-speed intercity systems to suburban, regional, operating on steep gradients, and urban ones.

Report on the rapid development of railway engineering construction in China, this book introduces the basic concepts of railway engineering supported by reference to cases.

Railroads altered the landscape of the United States.

This book offers a timely collection of chapters on innovative research and education-focused developments in the vast field of rail transport, including rail operations, management, economics, and sustainable infrastructure.

Systematic study of the geography distribution of the wood-processing industry has received recent Soviet attention, yet the results have been disappointing.

This book offers a timely collection of chapters on innovative research and education-focused developments in the vast field of rail transport, including rail operations, management, economics, and sustainable infrastructure.

The Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.

Hace más de tres décadas, las instituciones europeas se hicieron eco de la necesidad de hacer del ferrocarril un modo de transporte más atractivo en Europa.

The accomplishments and initiatives, both social and economic, of Edward Watkin are almost too many to relate.

'A delightful book .

This book focuses on the low-frequency oscillation between EMUs and traction networks in high-speed Railways.

Railway Transportation Systems covers the entire range of railway passenger systems, from conventional and high-speed intercity systems to suburban, regional, operating on steep gradients, and urban ones.

This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the research and application of digital twin operation and maintenance technology for high-speed train traction power supply system.

This book offers a timely collection of articles on innovative research and developments in the vast field of rail transport, including rail operations, management, economics, vehicles interior design and sustainable infrastructure.

This book contains selected papers resulting from the 2020 International Conference on Road and Traffic Engineering (CRTE 2020) covering Road Engineering and Traffic Engineering, aiming to provide an academic and technical communication platform for scholars and engineers engaged in scientific research and engineering practice in the field of Road Engineering and Materials, Traffic Engineering and Management and Transportation Engineering.

This textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of railway communications systems and their ever-evolving interconnectivity, smart systems, and complex grids.

The African Union and some organisations such as NEPAD have developed policies for the development of Africa to date.

Over GBP6 billion is scheduled for investment in the UK's railway infrastructure over the next few years, with GBP1.

CENELEC EN 50128 and IEC 62279 standards are applicable to the performance of software in the railway sector.

Compiled by AECOM, the 2024 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of high inflation and financial uncertainty.

Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the 'Holy Grail' which many steam engineers sought to find.

Report on the rapid development of railway engineering construction in China, this book introduces the basic concepts of railway engineering supported by reference to cases.

CENELEC EN 50128 and IEC 62279 standards are applicable to the performance of software in the railway sector.

This book offers a timely snapshot of research and development in rail vehicle dynamics.

Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics, Second Edition, provides expanded, fully updated coverage of railway vehicle dynamics.

This book is the first book written in English about the secret story of the birth of the Shinkansen in Japan and its subsequent developments.

High-speed railway system is interdisciplinary subject that covers infrastructure, mobile equipment, traction power supply, communication signal, operation and maintenance, and transportation organization.

Die Dampfeisenbahn war weit mehr als nur ein neues Verkehrsmittel – sie markierte den Beginn einer neuen Ära.

This book discusses the Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway, which was born in Japan in 1964 and how it has developed up to the present day.

Este libro, con un carácter eminentemente didáctico, está escrito con la finalidad de ayudar a entender los sistemas de control y señalización en el ferrocarril.

Over GBP6 billion is scheduled for investment in the UK's railway infrastructure over the next few years, with GBP1.

This unique and up-to-date work surveys the use of mechatronics in rail vehicles, notably traction, braking, communications, data sharing, and control.

This book introduces the basic knowledge, concepts, terms and development process of high-speed rail (HSR) and summarizes its main achievements at this stage.

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This book offers a comprehensive and practice-oriented guide to risk management, with a special emphasis on the physical and environmental risks related to the operations of railway systems.

As a standard reference work, The Comprehensive Manual of Track Maintenance Volume 1 describes all aspects of track maintenance in theory and practice in a clear and concise form.

This book offers a timely introduction to railway brake systems.

The perfect companion to Bradshaw's guide book.

Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport.

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation.

In late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain, there was widespread fascination with the technological transformations wrought by modernity.