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CE 515 Railroad Engineering

IntroductionSource: Armstrong Intro, Ch 1-

2

“Transportation exists to conquer space and time -”

Student Identified Websites• Ben: Evolution of Railroad Technology - steam locomotive,

roadbed/track and links between autos, radios and rail industry• Megan:

The Transfer of Pioneering British Railroad Technology to North America

• Evan: Cog Railroads & videos: Pikes peak videos; raileurope.com• Michael: railroads that are no longer in operation• Alex: "High-Speed Rail in China" • Peter: freight cars and historical information• Eric: Links to Railroad History Resources in the United States;

Railroad Maps 1828-1900 • Danielle: Standardization of Track Gauge• Jeff: Brief History of the U.S. Passenger Rail Industry (image source);

Association of American Railroads• Dan: light-rail vs. monorail• Nicole: Railroadianaa collection

http://voteview.ucsd.edu/rtopic5_ucsd_1.htm

http://voteview.ucsd.edu/rtopic5_ucsd_2.htm

http://voteview.ucsd.edu/rtopic5_ucsd.htm

http://cprr.org/Museum/First_US_Railroads_Gamst.html

http://cprr.org/Museum/First_US_Railroads_Gamst.html

http://www.cograilway.com/Pikes%20Peak%20train%20videos-B.htm

http://www.raileurope.com/europe-travel-guide/switzerland/interlaken/sightseeing-and-tours/jungfraujoch/index.html

http://www.american-rails.com/fallen-flags.html

http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/01/12/high-speed-rail-in-china/

http://www.american-rails.com/freight-cars.html

http://www.american-rails.com/freight-cars.html

http://railroads.uconn.edu/links.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html

http://railroads.uconn.edu/links.htm

http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.lib.iastate.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=12&hid=4&sid=12c00826-a2fe-4f81-9a7d-f2efd00b162c@sessionmgr10&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==#db=afh&AN=4062001%23db=afh&AN=4062001

http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/rails-history.html

http://www.aar.org/Homepage.aspx

http://www.aar.org/Homepage.aspx

http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/~yopopov/rail_modes/monorail.html

http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/~yopopov/rail_modes/monorail.html

http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/railroadiana/index.html

http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess.T3308/pg.1/

For us kids …

• "An Introduction To Freight Railroads," AAR

http://www.aar.org/Resources/~/media/AAR/PPTS/for%20educators.ashx

Introduction – How today’s railroad network evolved

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-oldwest/SantaFeTrailMap.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/`3116124958_bc084eb86a.jpg



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/%603116124958_bc084eb86a.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/%603116124958_bc084eb86a.jpg

http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/mechanics/Engineer-Mechanic-Encyclopedia-Vol2/images/Permanent-Way-Of-The-South-Eastern-Railway-346.jpg

http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/railroad/Reports/images/TwinCities07/FuelTrain.jpg

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/GG1/army-navy1955.jpg

Source: BTS and Association of American Railroads.

http://www.people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch3en/conc3en/img/usrail18402003.gif

Chapter 1: Railroad Technology - The Tools of the Trade

• A look at some basic principles behind rail transportation

The plate railway

drawing by Brian Collings ; http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/HillRailway.htm

http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/HillRailway.htm

Image source:

www.epilog.de/Lexikon/B/Breitspureisenbahn.htm

Breitspurbahn

http://www.epilog.de/Lexikon/B/Breitspureisenbahn.htm

http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=11463&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=35571b2bcaa89a9732d602fc9d835b07

Armstrong, 5th ed., p. 6

Chapter 2: A Hypothetical Railroad

• A composite example of a typical railroad is employed to explain railroading concepts throughout the text

• All image sources from The Railroad: What It Is, What It Does - 5th Editionby John H. Armstrong (ch. 2)

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