High-Speed Rail Planning, Policy, and Engineering, Volume IV: Trends and Advanced Concepts in High-Speed Rail (Transportation Engineering Collection) - Softcover

Terry L. Koglin (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947083066 ISBN 13: 9781947083066

Publisher: Momentum Press, 2017

Synopsis

High-Speed Rail Planning, Policy, and Engineering: Trends and Advanced Concepts in High-Speed Rail looks at some of the most recent developments in high speed and other ground transportation around the world, and closely examines the Northeast Corridor in the United States, surveying the flaws and potentialities, projecting what could be done with some moderate improvements in its infrastructure. Other possible improvements with more general application are reviewed, and some non-rail transportation alternatives are also examined.

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About the Author

Terry L. Koglin graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He worked for the Milwaukee Road (the Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad Company) when they still operated passenger trains and worked as a consultant on many engineering projects on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. He had professional engineering registrations in several states, but currently only his Pennsylvania license is active. He is a member of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, and sits on their Steel Structures committee. He has ridden on, inspected, and investigated high-speed and other passenger railroads in North America and Europe, including trains in Canada, Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Russia. He has authored and presented papers on high speed rail for ASCE and IABSE.

Edition details

• Publisher: Momentum Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1947083066
• ISBN 13: 9781947083066
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260