Railways and Railway Operation
Original artwork by I.W.Logan.
Here I'm gathering together a whole load of bits and pieces, including direct links, to sites all over the world, especially for those professionally involved, or just plain interested in Railway Operating practice. Suggestions for inclusion will be warmly welcomed!
None of these sites deal specifically with operating matters, but may nevertheless be of interest. There seems to be a dearth of sites dealing with Railway Operation on the Web. Please let me know of any relevant site so that I can include a link to it here.
The European Railway Server is the best general-purpose site for those interested in European Railways.
The New York City Subway System pages are written
by Joseph Korman, who works for the NYC
Transit Authority. These cover many of the operational features and
technical aspects of the system, which enjoys a friendly rivalry with our
own London Underground for
the title of 'The Largest in the World'.
Joe has also produced several BAHN layouts, six of which now feature in Electric Soup International.
Don't miss the rest of Joe's pages!
And if you fancy yourself as a railway operator, why not have a go at his
switching puzzle.
Make a point of looking at 
- an excellent site.
Interborough Rapid Transit 1904 is a remarkable book, first published in
1904 to mark the opening of the Interborough Rapid Transit, the first section
of New York City's Subway system. The book being by now out of copyright,
David Pirmann, webmaster of NYC Subway Resources, has transcribed it into a
form suitable for the World Wide Web. Quite an achievement and a labour of
love!
The NXSys NX Interlocking Panel simulator is
another 'labour of love', this time from Bernard S. Greenberg. It correctly
simulates the working of an 'Entry-Exit' power signalling system, as used on
the NYC Subway, and is very similar to those in use in the UK.
Electric Soup © I.W.Logan MCIT 1998-9. Last updated: 28 Oct 99 at
1410BST.
