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.
What <em>type</em> of thing is rail transport?
Rail transport can be described as all of the following:
- Technology – making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures.
- Applied technology – practical use of technology in every day life.
- Transport – movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.
Essence of rail transport
Types of railway/railroad
Urban rail transport, general types
History of rail transport
History of rail transport
Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
Railway infrastructure
Permanent way
Trackwork and track structures
Railway track layouts
Running lines
Track (Running lines)
Rail sidings
Rail sidings
Rail junctions
Rail junctions
Railway station track layouts
Railway station
Hillclimbing
Hillclimbing
Signalling and safety
Buildings
Rail transport by region
Rail transport politics
Rail culture
General concepts
Rail transport organizations
Rail transport publications
Persons influential in rail transport
See also
References
External links