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JB Transport: A Look at Rail Transport
As promised, we're returning to the great endeavor of discovering the history (all the way down to the nuts and bolts) of the freight transport industry and the rail transport industry. We've been away from the task for a while, so it wouldn't hurt to recap some of the key points we've uncovered in the course of our tour de history. We can start somewhere close to the beginning. Now, obviously to really go back to the beginning we'd need to go back to a time before the freight transportation industry was even a thought in someone's mind, a time before modern industry and commerce, a time where only the crudest needs were considered important…here we would find the true roots of the rail transport industry as humans exercised their fundamental need to have goods transported from one place to another – but we're not going to go back that far, so we'll pick somewhere in the middle.
The early part of the 1800's is a good place to start. It was in this time period when the first notions of rail transport were beginning to really take hold thought out the world. A man named Samuel Homfray was one of the pioneering founders of our modern conception of rail transport. He was one of the first men to put the idea of the steam engine to work as a mover of freight. The progression toward the railroad, and subsequently rail transport, was already in effect when he came onto the scene, but his contribution, along with the efforts of many others would eventually bear the fruit that is the modern rail transport system.
Now, we should explain some of the back story that preceded all the ‘noise' about steam engines and such. In the early 1500's, the closest approximation to a railroad or rail transport were the much used wagonways which provided ease of passage for…you guessed it, wagons. These were showing up throughout Germany and were often constructed of wooden rails. These wood rails would eventually be replaced by steel rails and wagon wheels with flanges to guide the wagon along the track. These wagonways were essentially the predecessors of the rail transport industry, and in many ways the freight transport industry as a whole, even flatbed trucking, heavy haul, and ltl trucking.
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British Steam Locomotives - Heavy Freight, Volume 1 $9.99 British Steam Locomotives - Heavy Freight, Volume 1 |
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Y-6 Compound Mallet Freight Steam Locomotive Belonging to the Norfolk and Western Railway $99.99 Walker Evans Y-6 Compound Mallet Freight Steam Locomotive Belonging to the Norfolk and Western Railway - Premium Photographic Print |
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Steam $10.49 Steam |
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Freight Rates and Manufacture in Colorado $22.95 The Shelf2Life Trains Railroads Collection provides a unique opportunity for researchers and railroad enthusiasts to easily access and explore pre1923 titles focusing on the history, culture and experience of railroading. From the revolution of the steam engine to the thrill of early travel by rail, railroads opened up new opportunities for commerce, American westward expansion and travel. These books provide a unique view of the impact of this type of transportation on our urban and rural societies and cultures, while allowing the reader to share the experience of early railroading in a new and unique way. The Trains Railroads Collection offers a valuable perspective on this important and fascinating aspect of modern industrialization. Author: Phillips, John Burton Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 2010/03/11 Language: English Dimensions: 7.44 x 9.68 x 0.13 inches |
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Bachmann Williams Thoroughbred Diesel Freight Set BAC691 $93.58 Assembly and breakdown of trains in the railway yard is tough work but this 060 steam switcher is ready to get the job done. Assemble the consist clear the yard and move your freight to the final destination with the Pacific Flyer. This readytorun set includes 060 steam loco and tender with operating headlight gondola box car offcenter caboose bodymounted EZ Mate couplers 36 circle of snapfit EZ Track including 11 pieces of curved track and 1 curved plugin terminal rerailer power pack and speed control and illustrated instruction manual. |
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