Railway Technologies

If you are a railway buff or are seeking unusual accommodation for your next holiday then why not consider renting an old railway carriage or perhaps a disused station or waiting room?
The idea is not new: the Times newspaper recently wrote about two 19th-century railway carriages in West Wittering in West Sussex “that were turned [...]

CN’s transportation-services division is using an RFID-based trailer-chassis rental system that not only reduces congestion but also improves chassis management.
Last year, business was booming for the intermodal transportation services arm of the Canadian National Railway (CN). Increased usage of its intermodal freight transportation terminal in Brampton, Ontario, however—where cargo containers arrive on railcars and are [...]

The Importance of Transport
There are various reasons why developments in transportation affected the industrial revolution as well as vice versa. Arguably changes in transportation contributed to the onset of the industrial revolution in the first place.
Transportation and the Industrial Revolution were strongly inter connected with each other because without improved modes of transportation it would [...]

Take a trip down memory lane aboard one of Yorkshire’srestored railways.
Relive the heyday of the railways, thanks to a committed band of unpaid enthusiasts. Lines closed to passenger services have been re-opened and locomotives and rolling stock lovingly restored. The county boasts a wide variety of heritage railways – each with its own unique attraction.
Derwent [...]