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Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ

Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ


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Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photograph DJ
 
The Historical Atlas of World Railroads by John Westwood 400 maps and photographs chart the networks that span the world.  
Hard Cover With dust jacket  Approx 10 x 13.25 inches
Copyright 2008    
400 pages

Contents
MAP LIST  7
INTRODUCTION  8-11
THE WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF RAILROADS  12-17
THE BEGINNING OF RAILROADS, 1700-1824   18-21
THE IRON HORSE, STEAM POWER ARRIVES, 1825-30   22-25
PIONEERING IDEAS, 1831-50   26-31
OVERCOMING NATURAL OBSTACLES, 1851-80   32-37
FINDING SOLUTIONS, 1881-1913    38-41
RAILROADS DURING AND AFTER THE GREAT WAR, 1914-22   42-47
THE QUEST FOR SPEED, 1923-45    48-51
NEW AGE OF THE RAILROADS  52-55
RAILROAD RESTRUCTURING, LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY   56-59
EUROPEAN RAILROADS   60-61
RAILROADS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FROM 1852   62-67
LONDON TO GLASGOW, THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE   68-71
POSTE HASTE!    72-73
THE POWER OF STEAM, 1800-34   74-77
RAILROADS OF FRANCE, FROM 1832     78-81
THE ORIENT EXPRESS, A GLORIOUS PAST     82-85
THE AQUITAINE, FRENCH HEAVYWEIGHT FLYER     86-89
PARIS-LYON, PIONEER TGV     90-91
IMPROVING PERFORMANCE, 1835-74      92-95
RAILROADS IN BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG, FROM 1835    96-99
MEETING THE CUSTOMER'S NEEDS, 1800-75    100-103
RAILROADS IN GERMANY, FROM 1835    104-107
TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS TRAINS    108-111
EFFICIENCY DRIVE, 1875-1905    112-115
RAILROADS IN RUSSIA AND THE FORMER SOVIET STATES, FROM 1837   116-121
BACKBONE OF AN EMPIRE, THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD    122-125
LOCOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT, 1906-26    126-131
RAILROADS IN SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA, FROM 1838    132-135
RAILROADS THROUGH THE ALPS, FROM 1871      136-139
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAINS    140-141
SPECIALIZED RAIL TRAFFIC, 1876-1924    142-145
RAILROADS IN THE NETHERLANDS, FROM 1839    146-149
THE ZENITH OF STEAM, 1927-34     150-153
THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE WORKS       154-157
RAILROADS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, AND HUNGARY, FROM 1839   158-161
FIT FOR PURPOSE, ROLLING STOCK, FROM 1925     162-165
RAILROADS IN ITALY, FROM 1839    166-169
SPEED AND LUXURY, THE SETTEBELLO   170-173
RAILROADS IN POLAND, FROM 1842    174-175
DAWN OF A NEW AGE, 1935-44    176-181
RAILROADS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV STATES AND ALBANIA, FROM 1846 182-183
THE ECLIPSE OF STEAM   184-185
RAILROADS IN SCANDINAVIA, FROM 1847  186-189
THE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE  190-193
RAILROADS IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, FROM 1848    194-197
THE MODERN APPROACH    198-201
RAILROADS IN ROMANIA, BULGARIA, AND GREECE, FROM 1866     202-205
ELECTRIC POWER   206-207
RAILROADS IN NORTH AMERICA   208-209
RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM 1830    210-215
RAILROADS IN CANADA, FROM 1836   216-219
NORTH AMERICAN TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS   220-227
THE CHIEF, ACROSS AMERICA IN STYLE   228-231
CONRAIL, RESCUING THE FALLEN, 1976-99   232-233
THE CANADIAN, PREMIER TRANSCONTINENTAL EXPRESS    234-237
MODERN PASSENGER ROLLING STOCK   238-241
RAILROADS IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, FROM 1837   242-247
MODERN FREIGHT ROLLING STOCK   248-251
RAILROADS IN SOUTH AMERICA, FROM 1851   252-261
RAILROADS ACROSS THE ANDES, 1870-1914   262-269
HIGH-SPEED TRAINS   270-273
TILTING TRAINS   274-277
RAILROADS OF ASIA   278-279
RAILROADS IN TURKEY AND THE MIDDLE EAST, FROM 1856   280-283
THE RAILROAD GAUGES  284-287
THE NARROW-GAUGE RAILROAD  288-291
RAILROADS ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, FROM 1853   292-295
INDIA'S FASTEST - THE RAJDHANI EXPRESS   296-297
ENGINEERING THE TRACKS  298-303
Railroads in the Far East, From 1853 304-309
THE TRANS-ASIAN RAILROAD   310-313
THE RAILROADS OF CHINA  314-315
RAILS INTO TIBET   316-317
SHINKANSEN - JAPAN'S PIONEER FLYER, FROM 1966  318-323
BRIDGES AND TUNNELS   324-327
RAILROADS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND   328-329
RAILROADS IN AUSTRALIA, FROM 1854   330-333
SPANNING THE ARID CONTINENT   334-337
THE GHAN  338-339
RAILROADS IN NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1863    340-341
THE SOUTHERNMOST ROUTE   342-345
SIGNALING SYSTEMS    346-347
RAILOADS IN AFRICA   348-349
RAILROADS IN NORTHEAST AFRICA, FROM 1854   350-353
PASSENGER SERVICE OPERATIONS   354-357
RAILROADS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, FROM 1860  358-361
THE HEIGHT OF LUXURY   362-365
RAILROADS IN WEST AFRICA, FROM 1862  366-369
HANDLING FREIGHT  370-371
FREIGHT YARD OPERATION  372-375
RAILROADS IN CENTRAL AFRICA, FROM 1886   376-381
RAILS PAST AND FUTURE   382-387
INDEX  388-399
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS   400
MAP LIST
New York Central Railroad Water Level Route, USA 8
Worldwide Spread of Railroads 14-15
Stockton & Darlington Railroad, Britain 23
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, USA    25
Liverpool & Manchester Railroad, Britain 26-27
Railroad Mania, Britain, 1840s 29
United States Railroads, 1850 31
First U.S. Transcontinental Line 34
Edinburgh-Aberdeen Line, Britain, 1878 35
First Canadian Transcontinental Line 36
European Railroads During World War I 43
Hedjaz Railroad, Middle East, World War I 47
Europe, Spread of Railroads 60-61
Victorian Railroads, Britain, 1850-1890 63
London's Railroad Network, Britain, 1800-1900 65
Britain and Ireland, Major Railroads, Modern Day 67
West Coast Main Line, Britain 70
Irish Mail Express Train Route, Britain 73
French Railroads, Early 1930s 79
France, Major Railroads, Modern Day 81
Orient Express Routes, Europe 84
Aquitaine Express Train Route, France   88
Paris-Lyon TGV Route, France 91
Belgium, Major Railroads, Modern Day 97
Luxembourg, Major Railroads, Modern Day 99
Germany, Major Railroads, Modern Day 107
Trans-Europe Express Train Network 110
British West Coast and East Coast Routes, 1895 114
Russia, Major Railroads, Modern Day 116-117
Soviet Union, Major Railroads, Late Twentieth Century 118
Ukraine, Major Railroads, Modern Day 119
Byelorussia, Major Railroads, Modern Day 120
Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania, Major Railroads, Modern Day 120
Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Turkmenistan, & Uzbekistan, Major Railroads, Modern Day 121
Armenia, Azerbaijan, & Georgia, Major Railroads, Modern Day 121
Trans-Siberian Railroad 124-125
Switzerland, Major Railroads, Modern Day 133
Austro-Hungarian Empire Railroad Network 134
Austria, Major Railroads, Modern Day     135
Alpine Railroad Tunnels 137
The Rhaetian Railroad, Switzerland 138-139
The Jungfrau Railroad, Switzerland 141
Netherlands, Major Railroads, Modern Day 147
Czech Republic & Slovakia, Major Railroads, Modern Day     159
Hungary, Major Railroads, Modern Day 161
Italian Railroads, Late Nineteenth Century 167
Italy, Major Railroads, Modern Day 169
Settebello Express Train Route, Italy 172
Poland, Major Railroads, Modern Day 175
Zephyr High-Speed Run, Denver to Chicago, USA, 1934 179
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, & Slovenia, Major Railroads, Modern Day 183
Sweden, Major Railroads, Modern Day 186
Norway, Major Railroads, Modern Day 187
Denmark, Major Railroads, Modern Day 188
Finland, Major Railroads, Modern Day    189
Spain and Portugal, Major Railroads, Modern Day 196
Romania and Bulgaria, Major Railroads, Modern Day 203
Greece, Major Railroads, Modern Day     205
North America, Spread of Railroads 209
United States Railroads, 1860 211
Major Rail Combinations, USA, Early Twentieth Century 213
United States, Major Railroads, Modern Day     215
Grand Trunk Railroad, Canada, 1852 216
Canada, 1885 217
Canada, Major Railroads, Modern Day 219
Railroads to the Pacific, USA 221
New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad Routes, New York to Chicago 222
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Network, USA 224
Southern Pacific Railroad Network, USA 225
Amtrak Routes from Schedule Book for July 1971 226-227
The Chief Express Train Route, USA 230-231
Conrail, Early 1980s, USA    233
The Canadian Express Train Route 236-237
Central America and Caribbean, Spread of Railroads 243
Mexico, Major Railroads, Modern Day     244
Panama, Trans-Isthmus Railroad 246
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, & Nicaragua, Major Railroads, Modern Day     246
Cuba, Major Railroads, Modern Day 247
South America, Spread of Railroads 253
Colombia and Venezuela, Major Railroads, Modern Day 255
Bolivia, Ecuador, & Peru, Major Railroads, Modern Day 256
Argentina, Chile, & Uruguay, Major Railroads, Modern Day    259
Brazil, Major Railroads, Modern Day 260
Central Railroad of Peru 263
Southern Railroad of Peru 265
Valparaiso-Mendoza Line, Chile and Argentina 268
Asia, Spread of Railroads 278-279
Turkey, Major Railroads, Modern Day    281
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, & Syria, Major Railroads, Modern Day 282
Iran, Iraq, & Saudi Arabia, Major Railroads, Modern Day 283
Track Gauges, USA, 1860    286
Ffestiniog Railroad, Wales 290
India, Bangladesh, & Sri Lanka, Major Railroads, Modern Day 293
India and Pakistan, Early Railroads 294
Pakistan, Major Railroads, Modern Day 294
Myanmar, Major Railroads, Modern Day 295
Rajdhani Express Route, India 297
China and Taiwan, Major Railroads, Modern Day 305
Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, & Vietnam, Major Railroads, Modern Day     306
North and South Korea, Major Railroads, Modern Day 307
Philippines, Major Railroads, Modern Day 307
Japan, Major Railroads, Modern Day 308
Trans-Asian Railroad 312-313
Qingzang Railroad, China and Tibet 317
Shinkansen High-Speed Network, Japan 320
Australia and New Zealand, Spread of Railroads 329
Australia, Major Railroads, Modern Day 333
Trans-Australian Railroad     336-337
The Ghan Express Train Route 339
New Zealand, Major Railroads, Modern Day 341
North-South Trunk Route, New Zealand 345
Africa, Spread of Railroads 349
Nigeria, Major Railroads, Modern Day     352
Daily Staff and Equipment Movements, London to Birmingham 356 
South African Railroads, 1900 359 
Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, & Zimbabwe, Major Railroads, Modern Day 361
The Blue Train Route, South Africa 364
Algeria, Morocco, & Tunisia, Major Railroads, Modern Day 367
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania,
& Senegal, Major Railroads, Modern Day 369
Barstow Classification Yard Location, California, USA 374
Barstow Classification Yard, California, USA 374-375
Nigeria, Major Railroads, Modern Day 376
Angola, Congo, and Zaire, Major Railroads, Modern Day 377
Benin, Ghana, and Togo, Major Railroads, Modern Day 378
Cameroon, Major Railroads, Modern Day 378
Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, & Zambia,
Major Railroads, Modern Day 380
Malagasy, Major Railroads, Modern Day 381

During their golden age, railroads were the most important form of transport in the world. Not only did they carry passengers over short and long distances, they also carried freight of every conceivable type; moreover, they did it efficiently, quickly and inexpensively. Indeed, railroads were a mainstay of many economies and were responsible for the opening up of vast areas of the world to settlement.
Then popular opinion changed and railroads were considered relics of the past. The passenger train was outstripped by the automobile and airplanes offered an immense superiority in speed. With the exception of heavy freight, railroads could not match the efficient door-to-door road service provided by fast trucks.
Today, there is a realization that railroads are in fact competitive when it comes to intercity passenger service and shipping over longer distances. In light of concerns over global environmental damage, their relatively low consumption of energy is a major boon.
With more than 400 high-quality maps and photographs, The Historical Atlas of World Railroads brings the subject to life. It charts the spread of networks around the world, from the earliest tentative experiments to the creation of modern high-speed passenger networks that cross international borders and span continents.
This book examines railroad technology from the earliest "puffing billies" that struggled to keep pace with the horse, through the development of massively powerful and fast steam locomotives during the golden age of railroads, to the advent of efficient, high-speed, diesel-electric locomotives and electric tilting trains of today. It examines how railroads and their infrastructure are built and operated, and also explains the development of rail types, the construction of tunnels and bridges, advances in signaling technology, safety systems and freight handling techniques and equipment.
Most importantly, this book follows the fortunes of world railroads over the course of 200 years, from their birth and rapid expansion during the 19th century, through the glory days and subsequent contraction in the 20th century, to their revival in the 21st century, when once again they are set to become an indispensable form of transport.

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