Railway technology, engineering & trades books

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Traffic Induced Environmental Vibrations & Controls: Theory & Application

Traffic Induced Environmental Vibrations & Controls:...

Author: H Xia
ISBN: 9781626182400
Format: Hardback
$521.40

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The Diaries of Edward Pease: The Father of English Railways

The Diaries of Edward Pease: The Father of English Railways...

Author: Edward Pease ,  Alfred Edward Pease
ISBN: 9781108062923
Format: Paperback
$98.30

Edward Pease (1767–1858), who was dubbed the 'father of English railways', left behind diaries for the years 1824–57....  Read More >>

Civil Engineers Wagons Volume 3: Later British Rail: 1978 - 1994

Civil Engineers Wagons Volume 3: Later British Rail:...

Author: David Larkin
ISBN: 9781905505258
Format: Paperback
$38.81

The first five Kestrel Railway Books volumes by David Larkin looked at the revenue-earning wagon fleet operated...  Read More >>

Across the Three Pagodas Pass: The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway

Across the Three Pagodas Pass: The Story of the Thai-Burma...

Author: Peter Davies ,  Peter Davies
ISBN: 9781898823070
Format: Hardback
$240.64

A translation of the only account of the building of the notorious Thai-Burma Railway by a Japanese engineer involved...  Read More >>

Positive Train Control: Issues & Economics for Improved Rail Safety

Positive Train Control: Issues & Economics for Improved...

Author: Rahul O Salter
ISBN: 9781626182714
Format: Hardback
$466.62

Positive Train Control (PTC) is a communications and signalling system that has been identified by the National...  Read More >>

The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer

The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer

Author: Thomas Mackay
ISBN: 9781108057677
Format: Paperback
$98.30

Sir John Fowler (1817–98) was one of the great railway engineers, remembered particularly for the development of...  Read More >>

Comeng: A History of Commonwealth engineering - Volume 4, 1977-1985

Comeng: A History of Commonwealth engineering - Volume...

Author: John Dunn
ISBN: 9781922013514
Format: Hardback
$171.60

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Railways: Types, Design & Safety

Railways: Types, Design & Safety

Author: Cacilie Reinhardt ,  Klaus Shroeder
ISBN: 9781624171390
Format: Hardback
$329.34

In this book, the authors present current research on the types, design and safety issues of railways. Topics discussed...  Read More >>

TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain

TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic...

Author: Mike Bridge
ISBN: 9781902336978
Format: Hardback
$64.56

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Computers in Railways XIII: Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems

Computers in Railways XIII: Computer System Design and...

Author: C. A. Brebbia (Wessex Institut of Technology) ,  N. Tomii
ISBN: 9781845646165
Format: Hardback
$1029.83

The book covers such topics as Advanced Train Control; Communications and Signalling; Computer Techniques and Simulations;...  Read More >>

History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies

History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies

Author: Anthony Burton
ISBN: 9780752479613
Format: Paperback
$37.99

This is the story of the men who built Britain’s canals and railways – not the engineers and the administrators...  Read More >>

Jane's World Railways

Jane's World Railways

Author: Ken Harris
ISBN: 9780710630261
Format: Hardback
$1617.19

Focuses on the railway industry, covering the railway systems and operators in nearly 140 countries and states worldwide....  Read More >>

Advances in Human Aspects of Road and Rail Transportation

Advances in Human Aspects of Road and Rail Transportation...

Author: Neville A. Stanton ,  Gavriel Salvendy
ISBN: 9781439871232
Format: Hardback
$179.00

Human factors and ergonomics have made considerable contributions to the research, design, development, operation...  Read More >>

Firing the Flying Scotsman and Other Great Locomotives: Life on the Footplate in the Last Years of Steam

Firing the Flying Scotsman and Other Great Locomotives:...

Author: Ken Issitt ,  Chris Bates
ISBN: 9780752480435
Format: Paperback
$25.85

From the beginning of a shift, donning overalls and making up a packing, and from shunting in the marshalling yard...  Read More >>

Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways

Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways...

Author: Christian Wolmar
ISBN: 9781848871731
Format: Paperback
$51.75

Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the birth of the railways shaped how wars were fought and won, facilitating...  Read More >>

Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton

Author: H. W. Dickinson
ISBN: 9780511708152
Format: Undefined
$224.40

This 1939 work discusses the man and his achievements in their historical and social context, and is well illustrated....  Read More >>

Vehicle Powertrain Systems

Vehicle Powertrain Systems

Author: David Crolla (University of Sunderland) ,  Behrooz Mashadi (Iran University of Science & Technology)
ISBN: 9780470666029
Format: Hardback
$165.95

This text presents a holistic, systems approach to vehicle powertrain systems design. It provides students with...  Read More >>

Railway Transportation

Railway Transportation

Author: S. Ponnuswamy
ISBN: 9781842656853
Format: Hardback
$129.25

Includes details of design, construction and maintenance of the basic railway infrastructure comprising track and...  Read More >>

Early Railway Chemistry and its Legacy

Early Railway Chemistry and its Legacy

Author: Prof. Colin A Russell ,  John Hudson
ISBN: 9781849733267
Format: Paperback
$77.60

This unique book covers the crucial role that chemistry has played in the growth and development of railways in...  Read More >>

Preserved Locomotives of British Railways

Preserved Locomotives of British Railways

Author: Robert Pritchard ,  Peter Hall
ISBN: 9781902336848
Format: Paperback
$85.80

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Greenly's Model Steam Locomotive Designs and Specifications

Greenly's Model Steam Locomotive Designs and Specifications...

Author: Henry L. Greenly ,  Ernest A. Steel
ISBN: 9780956407382
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Hints and tips, plus a listing of some of his designs from Henry Greenly, a well known writer on, and designer of,...  Read More >>

Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Railway Noise, Nagahama, Japan, 18-22 October 2010

Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation...

Author: Tatsuo Maeda ,  Pierre-Etienne Gautier
ISBN: 9784431539261
Format: Hardback
$842.16

This volume contains the contributions to the 10th International Workshop on Railway Noise, held October 18–22,...  Read More >>

Great Railroad Tunnels of North America

Great Railroad Tunnels of North America

Author: William Lowell Putnam
ISBN: 9780786459513
Format: Paperback
$43.95

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