Railway History Articles

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Railway History

• Trench Railways: 1914 - 1918
• German Railways after 1920
• History of Eurostar
• History of Dutch Railways
• History of Swiss Railways
• History of Italian Railways
• History of Belgian Railways
• History of Bavarian Railways
• History of Prussian Railways
• History of the SNCF
• History of the United States Army Transportation Corps
• History of Spanish Railways
• History of Austrian Railways
• History of Canadian Railways - Part 1
• History of Canadian Railways - Part 2
• History of Canadian Railways - Part 3
• History of Japanese Railways - Part 1
• History of Japanese Railways - Part 2

Trains, Locomotives, and Rolling Stock

• BR Diesel Headcodes
• British Doubledeckers
• Cab Forward
• Early Streamliners
• The Berliner Military Train
• Sussex Wagons - A History
• The Brighton Belle

Line Histories

• The Metropolitan Railway: Part 1
• The Metropolitan Railway: Part 2
• The Metropolitan Railway: Part 3
• The Lewes to Uckfield Line
• The Trans-Siberian Railway
• The Transcontinental Railroad
• The Chichester to Midhurst Line

Types of Railway

• Rack Railways
• Atmospheric Railways
• The Bennie Railplane

Stations

• London Waterloo Station
• Birmingham New Street Station
• Wapping Goods Station
• Edinburgh Waverley Station
• York Station
• Grand Central Station
• London King's Cross Station
• Bristol Temple Meads Station
• Southampton Docks

Tunnels and Bridges

• Box Tunnel
• The Tunkhannock Viaduct
• The Hohenzollern Bridge
• The Øresund Bridge
• The Forth Bridge
• The Tay Bridge Part 1
• The Tay Bridge Part 2
• The Britannia Bridge
• The Royal Albert Bridge

Design and Architecture

• Railfreight Iconography
• British Rail Design
• London Underground Design
• Railway Architecture Part 1 - Italianate 'Railway Style'
• Railway Architecture Part 2 - Mock Tudor
• Railway Architecture Part 3 - Art Deco
• Railway Architecture Part 4 - Modern British Railway Stations

General Reading

• Rainhill Trials
• Gauge Wars
• Steam Rollers
• Steam Ploughing in England
• Southern to Southern
• Sir Nigel Gresley
• Brighton Locomotive Works
• Brighton & Hove Buses
• From Behind The Iron Curtain - Poland