Download or read book The Railway Problem and the Railways of the Future written by Times and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railway Problem and The Railways of the Future by The Times. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1871 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Download or read book The Railway problem and the Railways of the Future written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Railway Problem and the Railways of the Future Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-06 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railway Problem and the Railways of the Future The existing railway machinery will be found monstrously dis proportionate to the useful effect produced in four-fifths of the number of times that the machine is put in action. And to this waste of power may be most justly attributed much of the present embarass ment of railway companies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Waiting on a Train written by James McCommons and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the tumultuous year of 2008--when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in California--journalist James McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system. Organized around these rail journeys, Waiting on a Train is equal parts travel narrative, personal memoir, and investigative journalism. Readers meet the historians, railroad executives, transportation officials, politicians, government regulators, railroad lobbyists, and passenger-rail advocates who are rallying around a simple question: Why has the greatest railroad nation in the world turned its back on the very form of transportation that made modern life and mobility possible? Distrust of railroads in the nineteenth century, overregulation in the twentieth, and heavy government subsidies for airports and roads have left the country with a skeletal intercity passenger-rail system. Amtrak has endured for decades, and yet failed to prosper owing to a lack of political and financial support and an uneasy relationship with the big, remaining railroads. While riding the rails, McCommons explores how the country may move passenger rail forward in America--and what role government should play in creating and funding mass-transportation systems. Against the backdrop of the nation's stimulus program, he explores what it will take to build high-speed trains and transportation networks, and when the promise of rail will be realized in America.

Download or read book The Railway Problem and the Railways of the Future written by Head Hole and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Download or read book Technological Change and the Future of the Railways written by Evanston (Ill.). Transportation Center at Northwestern University and published by Evanston : Transportation Center. This book was released on 1961 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroads Their Origins and Problems Abridged Annotated written by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who better to discuss the origins and problems of late 19th century railroads than witty, erudite, Charles Francis Adams, Jr.? As a railroad executive, he knew the business intimately. As an Adams, he understood the politics and men of his time and could write about them in the most entertaining and enlightening manner possible. Charles Adams had been a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. At that time, his father was Lincoln's Minister to England and his young brother was the future author of what is still regarded as one of the great nonfiction books of the 20th century, "The Education of Henry Adams." Those three men also had two U.S. Presidents in their lineage. Altogether a fascinating and entertaining book. "...in this day of hasty generalization, it will not do to forget that these are the conclusions of the man who has given more study than any other to the railroad problem, and is the best qualified man in this country to discuss it authoritatively. None can read it without profit and nobody who desires to think intelligently about railroads should neglect to do so.—THE NEW YORK TIMES For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Download or read book Train Time written by John R. Stilgoe and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans pay attention to rail lines, even though millions of them live in an economy and culture "waiting for the train." In Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape, John R. Stilgoe picks up where his acclaimed work Metropolitan Corridor left off, carrying his ideas about the spatial consequences of railways up to the present moment. Arguing that the train is returning, "an economic and cultural tsunami about to transform the United States," Stilgoe posits a future for railways as powerful shapers of American life. Divided into sections that focus on particular aspects of the impending impact of railroads on the landscape, Train Time moves seamlessly between historical and contemporary analysis. From his reading of what prompted investors to reorient their thinking about the railroad industry in the late 1970s, to his exploration of creative solutions to transportation problems and land use planning and development in the present, Stilgoe expands our perspective of an industry normally associated with bad news. Urging us that "the magic moment is now," he observes, "Now a train is often only a whistle heard far off on a sleepless night. But romantic or foreboding or empowering, the whistle announces return and change to those who listen." For scholars with an interest in American history in general and railroad and transit history in particular, as well as general readers concerned about the future of transportation in the United States, Train Time is an engaging look at the future of our railroads.

Download or read book The People and the Railways written by Appleton Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marketing the Future of the Railroads written by Railway Systems and Management Association and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marketing the Future of the Railroads written by Railway Systems and Management Association. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Opinions of the Press in England on the Railway Problem and the Railways of the Future Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by T. W. Armstrong and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Opinions of the Press in England on "the Railway Problem," and "the Railways of the Future," Vol. 1 This little pamphlet has no claim whatever to origina ilty, as the contents prove, how it came to be printed I shall explain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Future of Rail Transport in the United States written by James Hutton Lemly and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Future of Our Railways written by Alba Boardman Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Railroad Question a Historical and Practical Treatise on Railroads and Remedies for Their Abuses written by William Larrabee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Larrabee's history of the American railroads is intensely detailed yet accessible and lively, taking into account the social, economic and technological ramifications of the transportation. A multifaceted and well-informed retrospective on one of the 19th century's most iconic technological advances, The Railroad Question commences with a brief but insightful history of transportation. Mankind is shown to have aspired to faster and better forms of transport for thousands of years; the Romans, with their superb walls, being the first to implement a national infrastructure. Larrabee then moves onto a history of the locomotive; its origins in steam power and steam propulsion are explained, while the early prototypes of various engineers in England are mentioned. George Stephenson, the inventor of the first effective train - which he named 'The Rocket' - is duly given tribute as a leading figure. The author is quick to note the stunning profits from passenger rail transport; a British company expecting to earn �10,000 in a year instead made �100,000, with freight also outperforming all expectations. The author considers the ramifications of having the railways become publicly owned infrastructure, and presents arguments for and against various privatized or part-privatized alternatives. His ideas are nuanced and imbued with expertise; working as a successful businessman and in public service, and a voracious reader to boot, Larrabee articulates such issues with care and accuracy. A later chapter addresses the abuses - actual and potential - that railroad technology might carry. His solutions to the potential runaway monopolies that could arrive thanks to the nature of railway infrastructure consists of measures like competition by regulation. While Larrabee concedes that tariffs are a necessary part of the railway's future, abusively high tariffs on trains are something he stresses should be avoided, lest the promise and prosperity of the train be diminished. William Larrabee was a politician based in Iowa, serving as a prominent member of the State Senate as a Republican. He was a popular and effective politician, who faced little opposition throughout his career, which ran from the late 1860s to the 1880s. He prominently supported the construction of infrastructure and improvements in education, famously declaring in one campaign that there should be a 'schoolhouse on every hill'.

Download or read book Future of Our Railways written by John Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railway Research written by Krzysztof Zboinski and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on selected research problems of contemporary railways. The first chapter is devoted to the prediction of railways development in the nearest future. The second chapter discusses safety and security problems in general, precisely from the system point of view. In the third chapter, both the general approach and a particular case study of a critical incident with regard to railway safety are presented. In the fourth chapter, the question of railway infrastructure studies is presented, which is devoted to track superstructure. In the fifth chapter, the modern system for the technical condition monitoring of railway tracks is discussed. The compact on-board sensing device is presented. The last chapter focuses on modeling railway vehicle dynamics using numerical simulation, where the dynamical models are exploited.