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The Train Journey: Transit, Captivity, and Witnessing in the Holocaust (New York and Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books, 2010), by Simone Gigliotti (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)
The First Book of Trains (published under "Campbell Tatham" pseudonym; New York, F. Watts, c1948), by Mary Elting, illust. by Jeanne Bendick (page images at HathiTrust)
Study of merger alternatives : run-through trains : a report to the Rail Services Planning Office, Interstate Commerce Commission (Interstate Commerce Commission, Rail Services Planning Office, 1977), by Washington Banks (R. L.) and Associates and United States. Rail Services Planning Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Maximum car limit and full crew bills ([Roanoke? Va., 1914), by N. D. Maher (page images at HathiTrust)
Railway operating and signalling techniques in Europe, Japan and the United States of America; report of the Expert Working Group from Asia and the Far East on Railway Operating and Signalling : 2 October 1952 - 6 February 1953. (United Nations, 1954), by Expert Working Group from Asia and the Far East on Railway Operating and Signalling (page images at HathiTrust)
Let's operate a railroad; being a textbook on operational aspects of railroading and of the men who perform the fascinating job. With a measure of railroadiana inserted. (High-Iron Publishers, 1957), by L. E. Roxbury (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Limiting the car length of trains. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1934), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
To limit length of trains in interstate commerce. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1935), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Train lengths. Hearings before the Committee on interstate and foreign commerce, House of representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session, on S. 69, to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate commerce", approved February 4, 1887, as amended and supplemented, by limiting freight or other trains to seventy cars. ... (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1938), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
The resistance of express trains. (The Railway engineer, 1925), by C. F. Dendy Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
Principles of locomotive operation and train control (McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1915), by Arthur Julius Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité de stabilité du matériel des chemins de fer; influence des divers éléments de la voie d'après les mémoires de l'auteur couronnés par l'Académie des sciences et par la Société des ingénieurs civils ... (C. Béranger, 1924), by Georges Marié (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Feasibility study of in-vehicle warning systems. Final report. (1975), by D. D. Peterson and D. S. Boyer (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroads and the environment - estimation of fuel consumption in rail transportation. Volume I - analytical model. Final report. (1975), by John B. Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
Guidelines for enhancement of visual conspicuity of trains at grade crossings. Final report. (1975), by John B. Hopkins and A. T. Newfell (page images at HathiTrust)
Field evaluation of locomotive conspicuity lights. Final report. (1975), by D. B. Devoe and C. N. Abernethy (page images at HathiTrust)
Crashworthiness analysis of the UMTA state-of-the-art cars. Final report. (1975), by E. Widmayer, A. E. Tanner, and R. Klump (page images at HathiTrust)
Technology assessments in the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1975. Final report. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
An assessment of the crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles. Volume II: analyses and assessments of vehicles. Chapters 8 through 12 and appendixes and references. Final report. (1975), by R. J. Cassidy and D. J. Romeo (page images at HathiTrust)
An assessment of the crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles. Volume I: analyses and assessments of vehicles. Chapters 1 through 7. Final report. (1975), by R. J. Cassidy and D. J. Romeo (page images at HathiTrust)
Ride quality symposium. 1975. Technical memorandum. (1975), by 11-12 Aug 1975 Ride Quality Symposium (page images at HathiTrust)
An assessment of the crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles. Volume III: train-collision model users manual. Final report. (1975), by David J. Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
Performance analyses of intercity ground passenger transportation systems. Final report. (1976), by John S. Hitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Locomotive to automobile baseline crash tests. Final report. (1975), by Robert L. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
Studies of freight train engineer performance. Final report. (1976), by E. Donald Sussman and D. Ofsevit (page images at HathiTrust)
Energy and economic impacts of projected freight transportation improvements. Final report. (1977), by R. H. Leilich, R. D. Cohen, A. Green, and M. J. Kendrick (page images at HathiTrust)
Multidisciplinary accident investigation - school bus locomotive-caboose collision, Lafayette, Oregon, September 8, 1976. MDAI team report. (1977), by Eugene E. Flamboe and J. Ouelett (page images at HathiTrust)
Enhancement of train visibility. Final report. (1973), by John B. Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety/ equipment crashworthiness. Volume I: A systems analysis of injury minimization in rail systems. Interim report. (1978), by M. J. Reilly, R. H. Jines, and A. E. Tanner (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety/ equipment crashworthiness. Volume IV: Executive summary. Interim report. (1978), by M. J. Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety/ equipment crashworthiness. Volume II: Design guide. Interim report. (1978), by M. J. Reilly, J. Shefrin, and L. M. Patrick (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety/ equipment crashworthiness. Volume III: Proposed engineering standards. Interim report. (1978), by M. J. Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
Guidelines for enhancement of visual conspicuity of the trailing end of trains. Final report. (1974), by John B. Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
Development of techniques and data for evaluating ride quality. Volume III: guidelines for development of ride quality models and their applications. Final report. (1978), by R. D. Pepler, L. L. Vallerie, Ira D. Jacobson, Richard W. Barber, and Larry G. Richards (page images at HathiTrust)
Development of techniques and data for evaluating ride quality. Volume II: ride-quality research. Final report. (1978), by R. D. Pepler, L. L. Vallerie, Ira D. Jacobson, Richard W. Barber, and Larry G. Richards (page images at HathiTrust)
Development of a systems risk methodology for single and multi-modal transportation systems. Final report. (1979), by Alfredo Hua-Sing Ang and J. Briscoe (page images at HathiTrust)
Freight transportation petroleum conservation - viability evaluation. Final report. (1979), by D. J. Maio (page images at HathiTrust)
Tank car head puncture mechanisms. Final report. (1980), by D. A. Peters, B. A. Szabo, and W. B. Diboll (page images at HathiTrust)
An investigation of truck size and weight limits - technical supplement. Volume 3: truck and rail fuel effects of truck size and weight limits. (1981), by David Knapton (page images at HathiTrust)
Annotated bibliography of rail transit safety, 1975-1980, with emphasis on safety research and development. Final report. (1981), by R. J. Pawlak, R. M. Snow, and M. E. Metcalf (page images at HathiTrust)
National conference on railroad/highway safety. 1982. Proceedings. (1982), by Hoy A. Richards and 31 Aug-2 Sept 1982 National Conference of Railroad/Highway Safety (page images at HathiTrust)
Assessment of the Department of Transportation's systems safety plan. (1982) (page images at HathiTrust)
International conference on wheel/rail load and displacement measurement techniques. Proceedings. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1981), by Pin Tong, R. Greif, and 19-20 Jan 1981 International Conference on Wheel/Rail Load and Displacement Measurement Techniques (page images at HathiTrust)
Application of active and passive suspension techniques to improve high speed ground vehicle performance - phase II. Final report. (1982), by J. K. Hedrick, D. N. Wormley, F. Buzan, Lijing Chen, and M. Partridge (page images at HathiTrust)
Guidelines for the prevention of traffic noise problems. (1986), by F. F. Rudder and S. L. Yaniv (page images at HathiTrust)
Safety of high speed guided ground transportation systems. Collision avoidance and accident survivability. Volume 4: proposed specification (1993), by Alan J. Bing (page images at HathiTrust)
Amtrak: financial condition has deteriorated and future costs make recovery difficult. (1994) (page images at HathiTrust)
National Maglev Initiative. Final report. (1993) (page images at HathiTrust)
Impact assessment of the Virginia Railway Express Commuter Rail on land use development patterns in northern Virginia. (1995) (page images at HathiTrust)
Safety of highway-railroad grade crossings: research needs workshop. Volume I. (1996), by Anya A. Carroll and Janelle L. Helser (page images at HathiTrust)
Safety of highway-railroad grade crossings: research needs workshop. Volume II: appendices. (1996), by Anya A. Carroll and Janelle L. Helser (page images at HathiTrust)
Safety of highway-railroad grade crossings: use of auxiliary external alerting devices to improve locomotive conspicuity. (1995), by Anya A. Carroll, J. Multer, and S. H. Markos (page images at HathiTrust)
Bicycle hazard mitigation manual. Interim report. (1995), by Alix Demers, A. Suddarth, Hani S. Mahmassani, Siamak Assaee Ardekani, and Shekhar Govind (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail transportation: Federal Railroad Administration's new approach to railroad safety. (1997) (page images at HathiTrust)
Intercity passenger rail: issues associated with a possible Amtrak liquidation. (1998) (page images at HathiTrust)
Evaluation of retroreflective markings to increase rail car conspicuity -- safety of highway-railroad grade crossings. (1998), by Robert E. Ford, Stephen H. Richards, and John C. Hungerford (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad horn systems research. (1999), by Amanda S. Rapoza, T. G. Raslear, and Edward J. Rickley (page images at HathiTrust)
Guide for traffic signal preemption near railroad grade crossing. (2000), by Steven P. Venglar, Marc S. Jacobson, Srinivasa R. Sunkari, Roelof Johannes Engelbrecht, and T. Urbanik (page images at HathiTrust)
Recognition of rail car retroreflective patterns for improving nighttime conspicuity: safety of highway-railroad grade crossings. (2001), by J. Multer, J. Conti, and T. Sheridan (page images at HathiTrust)
OHVT technology roadmap. (2002), by R. A. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
Evaluation of enhanced traffic control devices at highway-railroad grade crossings. (2000), by Angelia H. Parham, Randy W. Carroll, and Daniel B. Fambro (page images at HathiTrust)
Crashworthiness testing of Amtrak's traditional coach seat (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development ;, 1996), by David C. Tyrell, D. Severson, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.), and United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Mechanical advisory committee to the Federal coordinator of transportation ... ([Washington, D.C.], 1935), by United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
Train operation (L. Brown, 1916), by William Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad car wheel service (Association of Manufacturers of Chilled Car Wheels, 1938), by Association of Manufacturers of Chilled Car Wheels and Frederick Ketchum Vial (page images at HathiTrust)
Chemins de fer. De la résistance des trains et de la puissance des machines (E. Lacroix, 1868), by Louis Vuillemin, Alfred Guebhard, and Camille Henri Dieudonné (page images at HathiTrust)
Train operation by signal indication. I. The two principal methods of directing train movements. II. Directing train movements by signal indication. (H. M. Sperry, 1920), by Henry Muhlenberg Sperry (page images at HathiTrust)
Prontuario delle disposizioni concernenti il movimento dei treni ... (Passerini, 1906), by Leonetto Carreras (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Presidential train. (Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1889), by Pennsylvania Railroad (page images at HathiTrust)
Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy (F. J. Drake & co., 1916), by Frederick John Prior (page images at HathiTrust)
Operation of trains and stationwork. (F.J. Drake & Co., 1919), by Frederick J. Prior (page images at HathiTrust)
User evaluation of ride technology research (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by J. R. McKenzie, Stanley H. Brumaghim, Langley Research Center, and Boeing Company. Wichita Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Freight train resistance : its relation to car weight (The University, 1910), by Edward C. Schmidt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Train operation (L. Brown, 1916), by William Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)
Operating trains ... : forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of "Kirkman's Science of railways". (Cropley Phillips company, 1918), by Marshall M. Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
Arguments for and against limitation of length of freight trains. (Bureau of Railway Economics, 1916), by Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics (page images at HathiTrust)
The effects of cold weather upon train resistance and tonnage rating (University of Illinois, 1912), by Edward C. Schmidt and Franklin Wales Marquis (page images at HathiTrust)
Das Wichtigste über Bau und Einrichtung der Eisenbahnwagen : ein Leitfaden für den technischen Unterricht des Zugbegleit- und Wagenaufsichtspersonals sowie der Eisenbahn-Anwärter und Eisenbahn-Praktikanten. (Stuttgart : J.B. Metzler, 1911., 1911), by Germany). K. Eisenbahn-Werkstätteninspektion Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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