01253cam a2200217 i 4500 18914187 20170415113905.0 151221s2016 flua b 001 0 eng c 9781482262155 (hardcover : acidfree paper) PK-LaUMT 625.1 23 PYG-R Pyrgidis, Christos N. Railway transportation systems : design, construction and operation / Christos N. Pyrgidis Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016 xxxvi, 475 p. : illustrations ; 27 cm "This book presents a comprehensive overview of railway passenger and freight transport systems, from design through to construction and operation. It covers the range of railway systems, from conventional and high-speed inter-urban passenger systems, through suburban and regional and urban, specialist and freight. For each, it provides a definition, a brief overview of its evolution, the main design, construction and operational characteristics, the preconditions for the selection and the steps required to check the feasibility of its implementation." Railroads Design and construction. Railroad engineering. Transportation engineering. BK 92624 92624 0 0 0 0 01 01 2017-04-15 0 625.1 PYG-R 107425 2017-04-15 00:00:00 2017-04-15 BK