The Railway Series

Reading Genesis chapters 1:1 – 2:3 I was amazed to find out that earth wasn’t something that was already in existence, but that earth was something created by Someone who was already in existence. The first chapter of Genesis starts off in verse one saying “In the beginning God” implying that he was there before all things. God is not only a master in creating but I learned in this narrative that he is also a master in designing. What really strikes me is that I am able to recognize one of God’s…

how much progress is possible and does it come at a cost to society? In the first part of this series, I will be looking at how the steam locomotive has changed our daily lives. In the last 25 years, small railways have been linked together. This means that travel from one city to another can be part of an average person’s daily routine. Speed and efficiency are words that define our new world. Railway transportation moves people and materials at record…

capitalism and communism. It is Jeremy Corbyn’s intent to abandon new labour and return to more traditional socialist values. Labour abandoned their tradition socialist ideologies in the early 90’s under the leadership of Tony Blair after experiencing a series of defeats in the eighties as they were thought as too left-wing and progressive. New labour is more central with their policies but since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader he has introduced policies…

4.Rising transport issues in both private and public transport In public transport in Mumbai, suburban railway and BEST bus share the majority proportion at around 88% of the public transport (2008). As traditionally considered, public transport service is the responsibility of the government, but due to the large population and limitation of resources in Mumbai, government-provided public transport service is rather inadequate and fail to meet the public demand. During the recent decades,…

Author Gregg Turner, a former director of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society at Harvard Business School and a lifelong train enthusiast, has written several books and numerous articles on American railroad history. The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc., founded in 1921, is the oldest railroad history organization in North America, and among the first anywhere to pursue formal studies in the history of technology. The Society promotes research and encourages preservation of…

Soria talks about the ideal form that the cities should adopt, supporting his theory in naturalistic and geometric reasoning that points out the spontaneous grouping of building in linear series along the road of the suburban cities. He recalls “ ruralized the urban life, urbanized the rural life, this is the problem and the solution is the Linear City” . In his argument, he compares the garden city and the linear city, implying the lack…

success throughout history up until today. According to the The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, “the industrialization of the country was made possible by the rapid building of railways after the Civil War had ended” (par 5). In other words, he these railways not been founded it would have had a detrimental effect on the development and industrialization of the United States throughout history. Who knows where the United States would be today had the founders and…

Railway undertakings and infrastructure managers need to ensure control of the rail system which is responsible, mainly by setting arrangements in their projects in order to:  meet the safety requirements applicable to the railway system in its set,  identify specific risks related to their business,  identify and manage potential future and local risks. Good management of such projects should consist of consistent arrangements, adoption of ad hoc policies, structured implementation…

women were constantly being raped and killed in London, England. Their killer was known as the railway rapist. As criminologists try to solve the reoccurring cases, offender profiling is put into place. Offender profiling is used to determine who the suspect is by using evidence and clues that were left at the crime scene. There are several different approaches to offender profiling such as a linked series of crimes and testing the behavior and personality of the offender. After reading the…

helped to shape America into the great nation it is today by allowing for the exploration of the nation, giving people the freedom to move to all corners of the country, and making travel a practical, daily, and affordable luxury (Opposing Viewpoints Series: Cars of America). Early in American history, little was know about this large, new world. To find out just how massive and diverse this new land was, explorers used boats, horses, and wagon to travel across the country. In the beginning…