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World Railways 1950 - 1951 by Sampson Photos Railroads Motive Power Builders
World Railways 1950 - 1951 Sampson First Edition
Approx 500+ pages. Advertising, general index of railways, photos, motive power builders, railroads in the US & Canada, maps, lots of information!
Edited by HENRY SAMPSON
This is the book which does for the railways of the world
what Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's All the World's Aircraft have done for
navies and air armadas. WORLD RAILWAYS provides the railroad man, supplier,
hobbyist, and enthusiast with thousands of accurate, up-to-date, useful facts
about important railroads the world over. It is the most comprehensive book on
the world's railways ever published. Profusely illustrated.
An encyclopedic survey of the operation and equipment of
representative railroad systems in the U.S.A. and throughout the world. The
data given include, route mileage; number of locomotives, passenger and freight
cars; details of right-of-way; signaling; and other items.
OVER 1000 RAILROADS OF 73 COUNTRIES
488 LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS
Steam, Diesel, Electric
248 PHOTOGRAPHS OF PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ROLLING STOCK
335 DRAWINGS OF LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS
OVER 200 MAPS, GRADIENT PROFILES, CLEARANCE DIAGRAMS
PLUS TABLES OF LOCOMOTIVE CHARACTERISTICS, AND OTHER SPECIAL
FEATURES
648 PAGES
Table of Contents:
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS CLASSIFIED LIST OF
ADVERTISERS ... FOREWORD
SPECIAL NOTES ... ...
MOTIVE POWER BUILDERS GENERAL INDEX ...
Page
... 3 adv.
... 5 adv.
Part A- NORTH AMERICA.
CANADA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ...
Part B— CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. ARGENTINA ...
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
BRITISH WEST INDIES
CHILE ...
COLOMBIA ... •••
COSTA RICA ... CUBA ...
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA... HONDURAS ... ...
MEXICO ...
NICARAGUA ... ...
PANAMA ...
PARAGUAY ... ...
PERU ...
URUGUAY ...
Part C-EUROPE.
GREAT BRITAIN
IRELAND AUSTRIA BELGIUM BULGARIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY
ITALY ...
NETHERLANDS NORWAY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
SPAIN ... ...
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND U.S.S.R.
YUGOSLAVIA...
Part D AFRICA.
ABYSSINIA ...
ALGERIA ...
ANGOLA (Portuguese West Africa)
BELGIAN CONGO ...
EAST AFRICA
EGYPT ... .
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA ...
FRENCH WEST AFRICA GOLD COAST
MOROCCO ...
MOZAMBIQUE (Portuguese East Africa) ...
NIGERIA
RHODESIA ...
SIERRA LEONE SOUTH AFRICA SUDAN
TUNIS ...
Part E-ASIA.
BURMA
CEYLON
CHINA...
INDIA ... ...
IRAN (Persia) ...
IRAQ ...
ISRAEL ...
MALAYA
PAKISTAN
PERSIA (see Iran) TURKEY
Part F-AUSTRALASIA.
AUSTRALIA ...
NEW ZEALAND
THERE has long been the need for a reference book containing, in a readily accessible form, information on the methods of operation and type of equipment in use on the many and varied rail systems throughout the world. This, the first edition of World Railways, is an attempt to meet that need. The Editor and Publishers hope that it will give satisfaction to everyone interested in or concerned with railways, and that it will establish itself as the work to which reference is made when questions of particular or general interest in the subject are raised, as Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's All the World's Aircraft-to which this is a companion volume-are acknowledged in their respective fields. New editions will be brought out from time to time to keep abreast of modern techniques and to provide a basis for assessing the trends of development.
Information, photographs, maps and diagrams received from railway administrations and from manufacturers have made it possible to illustrate the methods of operation and type of equipment in use in most parts of the world. To attempt to give illustrated details of every individual railway inside the covers of one book was out of the question as it would have made a volume too unwieldy to handle. It was decided therefore that it would be more valuable to present a detailed picture of a number of the principal systems rather than to give merely a catalogue of them all irrespective of size, although basic information of many of the smaller railways has been included. Even so, the book runs to more than 600 pages of text, with 102 maps, 696 photographs and 420 diagrams.
It is disappointing, but perhaps not altogether surprising in view of the present strained conditions of international relations, to have to report that no official information was forthcoming from the railway administrations in certain countries, particularly in eastern
Europe and in Asia. In addition there were some administrations in other parts of the world who found themselves unable to co-operate for one reason or another, usually shortage of staff, and others who promised to send on the necessary data but had not done so by the time of going to press. In all these cases the information given, which it is hoped will be amplified in future editions, has been obtained from reliable and authentic sources.
The amount and type of information required to give a balanced picture of each rail system's organization, and the method and order of its presentation, have been carefully considered, the greatest difficulty being to guard against the tendency for the motive power section to overwhelm the other important but less easily illustrated sections. The basic details given are gauge, route length and number of units of equipment; but wherever possible, and this applies to most of the larger systems, the following information is also included: map; brief history; train control; volume and type of traffic; permanent way details with gradient profile, and diagram giving rolling stock sizes and structure clearances; photographs, dimensioned diagrams and data of representative motive power units and passenger and freight rolling stock, with tabulated details of classes and types. The number of units of equipment owned is obviously subject to rapid variation as new equipment is added and old is scrapped, but the figures given are sufficiently accurate to give a working basis.
Because of the simplicity of the conventional form of steam locomotive, and its development during more than a century and a quarter into distinct types for different conditions and classes of service, the majority of the world's trains are steam-hauled and no doubt will continue to be so for many years to come. For this reason more steam locomotives are illustrated and detailed in the book than any other form of motive power, ranging from the 2 ft. 6 in. gauge Sierra Leone 4-8-0 with a Tractive Effort of 11,190 lb. to the powerful types in operation on American railroads having a T.E. of 100,000 to 150,000 lb. In addition to the conventional 2-cylinder simple expansion type, which is ubiquitous, and the Sand 4-cylinder simple in operation on many of the larger systems, the different types of locomotives illustrated include inter alia Mallet and Duplex in U.S.A., multi-cylinder compounds in Europe, and the British-built Beyer-Garratts in use on a number of railways in various parts of the world.
Improvements to the conventional steam locomotive consist generally of modifications and refinements of design of the various components, with the object of increasing efficient operation by obtaining better steaming and fuel consumption, reducing the cost of repairs and replacements, and lengthening the period between overhauls. A greater degree of standardization of complete locomotives and components is also being put into effect by a number of rail administrations in order to counteract increasing costs of building and maintenance. For many years British manufacturers have built standard types for use in different countries where roughly similar operating conditions apply. South African Railways have several standard types with 8-coupled wheels, designed for different axle loadings to suit the different track classifications. They have also standardized on seven types of boilers which cover their requirements for all the more modern locomotives, other than articulated units. British Railways have designed twelve standard types which are intended eventually to replace most of the large number of different classes taken over on nationalization. Units of the first six standard types will be in operation in 1951.
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