Sunday, May 8, 2016

Technology

Articles on  Railway Technology & Systems 
and the Human Experience of Railroading (Index 04)


Air Brakes

1978 CPR Train Air Brake Qualification


Baggage

CPR 1946 - Baggage Car Traffic Instructions


CPR, The Big Hill (Kicking Horse Grade) c1885 to c1909

CPR 1909 Brakes on the Big Hill, Part 1 - Passenger Trains

CPR 1909 Brakes on the Big Hill, Part 2 - Freight Trains

Air Brake Retainer Valve c1900

Water Brake - Used on the Big Hill

CPR 1909 Mallets for the Big Hill


Diesels, The First Generation

1945 Introduction to Diesel Electrics

Diesel Locomotives - electrical equipment, 1943-1949

1945, Diesel Locomotive Draft Gear

Alco, 3 Locomotives, 1949 (and Hostler Controls)

CPR E8 Locomotives

GM EMD E7 Operating Manual, Part 1

GM EMD E7 Operating Manual, Part 2

GM EMD E7 Operating Manual, Part 3

Alco/MLW 1956 Operating Manual S-3 S-4 RS-13

Alco/MLW 1951 FA-2 Operating Manual, Part 1

Alco/MLW 1951 FA-2 Operating Manual, Part 2

At Schenectady

Baldwin 660, 1000, 1500 HP Switcher/Road Switcher Operator's Manual 1948

Diesel Locomotive Air Horns (Whistles), 1950

Budd Rail Diesel Car - Part 1

Budd Rail Diesel Car - Part 2

Budd Rail Diesel Car - Part 3

Removing a Motor from a Rail Diesel Car & RDC Report from 1950 by DPM

1955 RDC Article: Prices & Optional Equipment Supplied with non-US Sales

CPR 1962 Haulage Capacity, Atlantic & Eastern Regions

CNR 1966 MS-10r Locomotive Engineer Operating Manual


Diesels, The Second Generation

GM EMD's 6-axle Locomotive Specifications - from the late 1960s

GM EMD's GPs and SWs Locomotive Specifications - from the late 1960s

GM EMD Locomotive Components & David P Morgan's Views from July 1965


LRC Locomotive Operating Manual, Part 1

LRC Locomotive Operating Manual, Part 2

LRC Locomotive Operating Manual, Part 3

LRC Locomotive Operating Manual, Part 4


CNR 1978 Gimli Transportation Training Centre


Intermodal & Trucking

CPR Truck Operations - Some articles from 1948 to 1967


Lubrication





Railway Cars

Pintsch Gas and Passenger Cars

Postal Car (RPO) Heating 1912

1951 Steam Cools Your Train ... No! It does not!

Steam Generators - CNR 1966

What is a Manifest Freight Train? The CNR in 1923.

ICC 1930 Tank Car Regulations (Flammable)

1946 Postwar Problems - Locomotives and Cars - Karl Fritjof Nystrom

CPR 1954 Freight Car Equipment, Passenger Train Equipment

1960 Intermodal Ads and a 1960 Rail Map of Winnipeg


Railway Equipment Suppliers



Royal Tour of 1951



Rules

The Evolution of Rules 1, 2, 3 and Times


Stations

1911, 1913 Winnipeg Union Station - Lighting and Decorative Metalwork


Steamships

CNR 1965 Windsor-Detroit Carferries: Lansdowne & Huron

CSL 1913 Running Rapids and Floating Debs (with 1899, 1930 ephemera)


Steam Locomotives

The Samson - When Something Wears Like Iron

Intercolonial Railway, Locomotive Roster (1875-1910)

From 'The Spanner' 1948: Locomotives of the Canadian Pacific Railway

1950 Steam Locomotives: Mechanical Stokers, Firebox Grates, Ashpans


Telegraph

The Telegraph - Part 1

The Telegraph - Part 2

The Telegraph - Part 3

The Telegraph - Part 4

The Telegraph - Part 5

The Telegraph - Part 6

CPR Rules and Wages: Telegraphers, Agents and Dispatchers, 1920 - Part 1

CPR Rules and Wages: Telegraphers, Agents and Dispatchers, 1920 - Part 2


Track

Railway Track Gauge - a few historical curiosities


Trains - Policies and Procedures, Data for Headquarters

CNR Train 201 Operating Procedures (1980)

CPR Power Control and Car Control articles: 1970s

CPR 1980s Car Control Articles, TOSS ... & 1974 System Operations Centre Ad