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Railway engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and operation of all types of rail transport systems. It encompasses a wide range of engineering disciplines, including civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering and production engineering.
Christine Gonzalez Aldeis (born 1952/1953) [1] is an American train engineer.She became the first woman to work as an engineer on a Class 1 railroad. [2]Aldeis was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, where she came from a family that had strong ties to the railroad industry. [3]
Terms for a train driver in other English dialects include locomotive handler, locomotive engineer, locomotive operator, train operator, and motorman. In American English, a hostler (also known as a switcher ) moves engines around rail yards , but does not take them out on the main line tracks; the British English equivalent is a shunter .
Fred Harvey – revolutionized passenger train onboard services, making travel by train more comfortable. Theodore Judah – Chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad and passionate supporter of the first American transcontinental railroad; Otto Kuhler – industrial designer; Raymond Loewy – industrial designer
German engineer, designer of the Krauss-Helmholtz bogie [1] [2] Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg: independently designed the Walschaerts valve gear (hence aka the Heusinger valve gear) [2] Hermann Kemper: patent for maglev train technology Georg Knorr: considerably improved compressed air brake [2] Georg Krauss
In January 1903, criminal train wreckers caused 382 to wreck, nearly demolishing the locomotive. Norton's legs were broken and he was badly scalded. His fireman died three days later. In September 1905, Norton and the 382 turned over in the Memphis South Yards. This time, however, the train was moving slowly and Norton was uninjured.
Salisbury Hall, Gresley's home during the 1930s Memorial plaque to Gresley's achievements displayed in the main hall of Edinburgh's Waverley railway station. Gresley was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, during his mother's visit there to see a gynaecologist, [2] but was raised in England at Netherseal, Derbyshire, a member of a cadet branch of a family long seated at Gresley, Derbyshire.
Gooch was born in Bedlington, Northumberland, the son of John Gooch, an iron founder, and his wife, Anna Longridge. [1] In 1831 his family moved to Tredegar Ironworks, Monmouthshire, South Wales, where his father had accepted a managerial post, and it was there that Daniel would begin training under Thomas Ellis senior, who together with Ironmaster Samuel Homfray and Richard Trevithick ...