rail transport

For perspective, here are different names for subgroups in the Japanese railfan culture: https://soranews24.com/2014/04/21/better-know-a-train-nerd-36-different-classifications-for-japans-densha-otaku/ Your challenge is to have the railfan cultures of other countries develop to similar levels...

For anyone who knows railways will know that Ireland has a rather different rail gauge to the rest of the continent of being 5ft 3in, a gauge that can also be found in Australia and Brazil. However Ireland's first railway, Dublin and Kingstown, was built as standard gauge but it found itself in...

The Woosung Road, a passenger railway that was located in what is now Shanghai, was the first of its kind to be built on Chinese soil and was quite successful during its short existence. Unfortunately, its construction was marred by controversy due to it being controlled by a foreign company...

Compared to many places in the world that use standard gauge, Britain has by the far the most restricted loading gauge which in many ways is due to the past of small tunnels during the early days of collieries and horse drawn coaches. But what if the British rail network had sometime during the...

With the Beeching Cuts and general increase in car/bus usage etc since the 1960s, passenger train has decreased in the UK. I was wondering how to get it so that people use trains as a method of travel, both as absolute numbers and percentage wise by 2019. Two options come to mind: The first one...

East Coast Electrics-An Alternative British Railway An artists illustration of a class 81 electric loco, presumably at London Kings Cross awaiting departure for Leeds. Yes, this is my third timeline on the go. I just can't help myself. If your wondering what has become of Thatcher...

I know that until the late 50s, the two railroads were rather close to each other. To the point I wonder why the former never bought the latter. What would have happened if this were the case? Would the PRR be able to escape Penn Central and bankruptcy? What would happen?

I wasn't so sure if the previous threads would be necromacy. So I decided to start this new one... If you don't know me very well, one of the subjects I like to post alot about on this site is railways. Like the last few threads, the basic premise of this idea is to create your own alternative...

Link for those wondering what I'm talking about: (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_gauge). Considering how dual gauge railways can join lines of different gauges, could this be used to create a more unified American rail network in the pre-Civil War period and the years following it? In a...

I enjoyed reading another thread on this forum, detailing the possible events that would play out for the old publically owned British Rail, should Labour leader Neil Kinnock win the 1992 British General Election, halting the advance of the Conservatives who would privatise BR. As I like trains...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad In 1921, the Pennsylvania leased the medium-sized Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (often referred to as the Pan Handle Route). It seems this was the end of the line's independence...

So, there was quite a bit of use of large guns moved about by rail in OTL world wars, and there was even some ues of stationary turrets, but what if there had been more use made of custom built, either self propelled or towed, rail mounted turrets? What I have in mind is a multi track vehicle...