World railways of the nineteenth century : a pictorial history in Victorian engravings /
Harter, Jim.
Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-543) and index.
British railways 1801-1850 -- British railways 1851-1900 -- American railroads before the Civil War -- American railroads after the Civil War -- Steam locomotives 1851-1900 -- French and Belgian railways -- Railways of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires -- Railways of the Russian empire -- Other European railways -- Canadian and Latin American railways -- Asian, Australian, and Pacific railways -- African railways -- Passenger service -- Passenger stations -- Freight or goods service -- Railway signaling -- Railway construction and operations -- Railway bridges -- Mountain railways: cog or rack systems, center rail adhesion, and the great tunnels -- Military railways -- Hazards and difficulties of rail travel -- Rail accidents and disasters -- Horse car tramways -- Atmospheric, pneumatic, and compressed air traction systems -- Steam traction: trams, tramway locomotives, and rail cars -- Cable traction: inclined planes, street railways, and funicular systems -- Electric traction: trolleys, railcars, and locomotives -- Mass transit railway systems -- Monorails and other anomalous modes of traction.
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