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Railways
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Guide4 Aug 2026Electric Traction: Railway Electrification and a Second Current WarThree milestones in which electricity moved into railway traction, and in which the alternating-versus-direct argument was fought again under different constraints.5 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026Moving People and Goods: Transport Engineering 1845-1950A structured reference series covering nineteen milestones in marine, road and rail engineering over the century in which transport became a question of running economically and safely rather than of what could be built.5 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026Steam Afloat and on Rails: Wilkinson, Trevithick, Fulton and RainhillFour milestones in which the compact high-pressure engine and the iron hull between them end the age in which transport meant wind, water and muscle.7 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026Stopping a Train: The Air Brake and Fail-Safe DesignThree milestones producing the clearest example of fail-safe design anywhere in this set: a brake that applies itself when its own control system fails.6 min readRead More