Bonnett, Clifford F.
Practical railway engineering [electronic resource] / Clifford F. Bonnett. - Singapore : World Scientific Publishing, [2019], c2005. - 1 online resource (xxi, 190 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Station layout -- Rolling stock -- Depots and workshops -- Track -- Earthworks, drainage and fencing -- Bridges and structures -- Tunnels and tunnelling -- Electrification -- Signalling and train control -- Systems and communications -- Lifts, escalators and pumps -- Ventilation and draught relief -- Future trends.
"This textbook covers the very wide spectrum of all aspects of railway engineering for all engineering disciplines, in a 'broad brush' way giving a good overall knowledge of what is involved in planning, designing, constructing and maintaining a railway. It covers all types of railway systems including light rail and metro as well as main line. The first edition has proved very popular both with students new to railways and with practicing engineers who need to work in this newly expanding area."--Publisher's website.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
9781860946851 1860946852
Railroad engineering.
Electronic books.
TF145 / .B66
625.1
Practical railway engineering [electronic resource] / Clifford F. Bonnett. - Singapore : World Scientific Publishing, [2019], c2005. - 1 online resource (xxi, 190 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Station layout -- Rolling stock -- Depots and workshops -- Track -- Earthworks, drainage and fencing -- Bridges and structures -- Tunnels and tunnelling -- Electrification -- Signalling and train control -- Systems and communications -- Lifts, escalators and pumps -- Ventilation and draught relief -- Future trends.
"This textbook covers the very wide spectrum of all aspects of railway engineering for all engineering disciplines, in a 'broad brush' way giving a good overall knowledge of what is involved in planning, designing, constructing and maintaining a railway. It covers all types of railway systems including light rail and metro as well as main line. The first edition has proved very popular both with students new to railways and with practicing engineers who need to work in this newly expanding area."--Publisher's website.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
9781860946851 1860946852
Railroad engineering.
Electronic books.
TF145 / .B66
625.1