Engineering:Outline of rail transport

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to rail transport

Rail transport – means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks consisting of steel rails installed on sleepers/ties and ballast.


What type of thing is rail transport?

Rail transport can be described as all of the following:

  • Technology – making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures.
    • Applied technology
      • Transport – movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.
        • Rapid transit

Essence of rail transport

Types of railway/railroad

  • Fell mountain railway system
  • Heavy rail
  • Inter-city rail
  • High-speed rail
  • Higher-speed rail
  • Heritage railway
  • Monorail
  • Mountain railway
  • Plateway
  • Rack railway
  • Tourist railroad
  • Wagonway
  • Industrial railway

Urban rail transport, general types

  • Urban rail transit – overview
  • Rapid transit
  • Elevated railway
  • Cable railway
  • Regional rail
  • Commuter rail
  • Interurban
  • Light rail
    • Very light rail/Ultra light rail
  • Medium-capacity rail system/light rapid transit/light metro/premetro
  • People mover
  • Tramway (or streetcar)

History of rail transport

History of rail transport

  • Chronological list: Lists of rail transport events by year
  • Lists of rail accidents
    • List of rail accidents (2000–present)
  • Railroad chronometer
  • Railway Mail Service (USA)
    • Railway post office
  • Railway Mania (UK)
  • Railway Express Agency (USA)

Vehicles

Trains

Locomotives

Railway infrastructure

Permanent way

  • Axe ties
  • Baulk road
  • Breather switch
  • Cant
  • Clip and scotch
  • Datenail
  • Fishplate
  • Ladder track
  • Minimum radius
  • Permanent way (current)
  • Permanent way (history)
  • Rail fastening system
  • Rail profile
  • Railroad tie (sleeper)
  • Track ballast
  • Track transition curve

Trackwork and track structures

Railway track layouts

Running lines

Track (Running lines)

  • Single track
  • Passing loop
  • Double track
  • Quadruple track
  • Crossover
Rail sidings

Rail sidings

  • Balloon loop
  • Headshunt
  • Rail yard
  • Classification yard
Rail junctions

Rail junctions

Railway station track layouts

Railway station

Hillclimbing

Hillclimbing

  • Horseshoe curve
  • Zig Zag / Switchback
  • Spiral

Signalling and safety

  • Block post
  • Buffer stop
  • Catch points
  • Integrated Electronic Control Centre
  • Interlocking
  • Level crossing
  • Loading gauge
  • Railway signal
  • Railway signalling
  • Signalling control
  • Structure gauge

Buildings

Rail transport by region

  • Rail transport by country
    • Rail transport in Argentina
    • Rail transport in Australia
    • Rail transport in Belgium
    • Rail transport in Brazil
    • Rail transport in Canada
    • Rail transport in China
    • Rail transport in France
    • Rail transport in Germany
    • Rail transport in Hong Kong
    • Rail transport in India
    • Rail transport in Italy
    • Rail transport in Japan
    • Rail transport in Kazakhstan
    • Rail transport in Mexico
    • Rail transport in Namibia
    • Rail transport in the Netherlands
    • Rail transport in New Zealand
    • Rail transport in Poland
    • Rail transport in Russia
    • Rail transport in South Africa
    • Rail transport in South Korea
    • Rail transport in Spain
    • Rail transport in Taiwan
    • Rail transport in Ukraine
    • Rail transport in the United Kingdom
    • Rail transportation in the United States
  • List of countries by rail transport network size
  • List of countries by rail usage

Rail transport politics

  • Rail transport laws
    • Esch-Cummins Act
    • Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
    • Rail Passenger Service Act
    • Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
    • Railway Construction Act
    • Railway Labor Act
    • Railway Nationalization Act
  • Railways Act (United Kingdom railway legislation)
    • Railways Act 1921
    • Railways Act 1993
    • Railways Act 2005
    • Privatisation of British Rail
    • Impact of the privatisation of British Rail
  • Railway nationalization
  • Rail transport agencies
    • Railway Procurement Agency (Ireland)

Rail culture

  • Rail trail
  • Rail transport modelling
  • Rail usage statistics by country
  • Railfan
  • Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
  • Rail directions
  • Usage of the terms railroad and railway
  • Passenger rail terminology

General concepts

Rail transport organizations

Rail transport publications

  • List of railroad-related periodicals

Persons influential in rail transport

  • List of people associated with rail transport
  • George Stephenson (1781–1848)
  • Robert Stephenson (1803–1859)
  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859)
  • Thomas Brassey (1805–1870)

See also

  • Glossary of rail transport terms
  • List of heritage railways
  • List of named passenger trains
  • List of rail gauges
  • List of railway industry occupations
  • List of railway companies
  • List of railway roundhouses
  • List of suburban and commuter rail systems
  • Megaproject
  • Mine railway
  • Railway Technical Centre


References

External links



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