Outline of rail transport
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The following outline is provided as an 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.
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Contents
- 1 What type of thing is rail transport?
- 2 Essence of rail transport
- 3 Types of railway/railroad
- 4 History of rail transport
- 5 Vehicles
- 6 Railway infrastructure
- 7 Rail transport by region
- 8 Rail transport politics
- 9 Rail culture
- 10 General concepts
- 11 Rail transport organizations
- 12 Rail transport publications
- 13 Persons influential in rail transport
- 14 See also
- 15 References
- 16 External links
What type of thing is rail transport?
Rail transport can be described as all of the following:
Essence of rail transport
Types of railway/railroad
- Fell mountain railway system
- Heritage railway
- Monorail
- Mountain railway
- Plateway
- Rack railway
- Tourist railroad
- Wagonway
Urban rail transport, general types
- Urban rail transit – overview
- Rapid transit
- Elevated rail
- Commuter rail
- Light rail
- Tramway (or streetcar)
- Funicular (or inclined railway)
History of rail transport
- Chronological list: Lists of rail transport events by year
- Lists of rail accidents
- Railroad chronometer
- Railway Mail Service (USA)
- 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
- Railhead
- Rail profile
- Railroad tie (sleeper)
- Track ballast
- Track transition curve
Trackwork and track structures
- Balloon loop
- Classification yard
- Gauntlet track
- Junction
- Overhead lines
- Passing loop
- Rail track
- Rail yard
- Railroad switch
- Railway electrification system
- Railway turntable
- Siding
- Track gauge
- Track pan
- Tramway track
- Water crane
- Wye
Railway track layouts
Running lines
Track (Running lines)
Rail sidings
Rail junctions
- Flying junction
- Level junction
- Double junction
- Facing and trailing
- Grand union
- Wye
- Switch / turnout / points
- Swingnose crossing
- Level crossing
Railway station track layouts
Hillclimbing
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
- Railways of Shropshire
- Rail transport in Victoria
- Railway stations in Leeds
- Railway stations in Newport
- Railway stations in the Netherlands
- Railway stations of Hong Kong
Rail transport politics
- Rail transport laws
- Railways Act (United Kingdom railway legislation)
- 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
Persons influential in rail transport
- Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)
- Thomas Brassey (1805-1870)
See also
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