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<h1>Railway Technical Web Pages</h1>
<p>Railway systems, technologies and operations across the world</p>
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<p>Railway Technical Web Pages, a site packed with
articles about railways, covering technical,
operational and financial issues. Although we have recently rebuilt the site, regular readers will still see the same basic structure underneath
the new face and we have retained the original page names to help you
find your way to pages you might want to reference again.
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<h3>Infopapers</h3>
<p>We publish Infopapers on specific subjects from time to time. The <a href="infopapers.shtml">Infopapers List</a> indexes what is currently available.</p>
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<h3>Updates</h3>
<p>We update the site regularly. There are technical updates on our <a href="http://railway-technical.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a>
and site updates are listed on our <a href="updates.shtml" target="_blank">Updates Page</a>.</p>
<h3>What We Offer</h3>
<p>We include a wide range of subjects - planning, finance, operation,
design, systems, engineering, production and maintenance. Both
technical and operation aspects are covered. There's plenty of pictures
and graphics. There is also some information about steam locomotives,
including a <a href="st-glos.shtml">steam glossary</a> and an explanation of locomotive
<a href="st-clasif.shtml">wheel arrangement</a> descriptions.</p>
<p>In our
articles, we use the UK railway system as the base technology but there
are also articles and information about other systems, like the US, as
appropriate. Articles and <a href="newglos.shtml">glossaries</a>
are provided for a range of subjects. </p>
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sections of infrastructure, plans of stations, railway signs, signals,
features and how equipment works. This diagram is an sample
schematic of the pneumatic auxiliary equipment on a train and is
described fully in an article on this site <a href="aux1.shtml">here</a>.</p>
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<p>A full list of all pages on this site is provided on our <a href="site-map.shtml">Site Map</a>.</p>
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<p> ..... are provided on this <a href="links-page.shtml">links page</a>
to take you to a number of sites with specialist information in many
countries around the world including the USA, France, Germany, Japan,
Spain and the UK. Click on this photo and it will take you to a
page of links about <a href="hst-01.shtml">High Speed Trains</a>. </p>
<h3>Contributions</h3>
<p>A number of contributors have already provided excellent articles
and photos for this site, and we will be pleased to consider new
material for publication here.</p>
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<p>The webmaster has written a number of published articles. Some of the more
recent ones have appeared in Modern Railways:</p>
<p><a href="S-Stock-article-for-MR-v3.pdf">S Stock Deliveries Suspended</a> - January 2012</p>
<p><a href="Northern-Interview-article-for-MR-v5.pdf">Now for the Northern – Another Underground upgrade gets into its stride</a> - December 2011</p>
<p><a href="Blackpool-article-for-MR-v2.pdf">Blackpool hosts Flexity 2 launch</a> - October 2011</p>
<p><a href="LU-ATO-Article-July-2011.pdf">London Underground gets more automated</a> - July 2011</p>
<p><a href="MR%20capacity.qxd_Layout%204.pdf">Making the most of existing
capacity</a></p>
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<a href="MR%20doors.qxd_Layout%204.pdf">Dilemmas on doors</a> </p>
<p>and in Railway Technology Magazine: <a href="http://content.yudu.com/A1t31z/RTMJnJy11/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.railtechnologymagazine.com%2FHome.aspx">"Station design Issues: A Primer"</a></p>
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