Essay Outline
Module – Basic to Railway operation – M1N212725
Describe how railway technology developed in 19th century (1800 -1900). How did these developments affect railway operations?
Total word count: 979. Introduction
We will be exploring the developments of railway technology during 19th century. How railway operation as whole moved forward from pulling wagons to high speed trains and the affect of those developments on the railway operation and on the economy of Great Britain.
I cannot imagine todays Railway without Civil Engineers of 19th Century, who played the most important part in the development and successful operation of the railway; it had a major influence in reshaping and development of the capital market and the economy as large.
How railway technology developed in 19th century (1800 -1900). How did these developments affect railway operations?
In Railways earliest form, both track and the wagon and its wheels were wooden. Although the waggonways often served river wharves, they were also closely linked to the canals. For downhill Journeys, for example from a mine pit head to a river wharf or to factories, the wagon was sometimes moved by gravity and a horse was used to pull the wagon or wagons back up the hill over uneven terrain. It soon became …show more content…
[3] Inevitably, given the heavy loads of minerals which were carried, the wooden wheels and rails did not wear well. Progressively therefore metal was used in rails and wheels. In the case of the rails, initially metal plates were put on the surface of the wooden rail but this practice was replaced by the use of all metals rails with cast iron giving way to steel. The initial rails were flanged (L-shaped)so that wheels of the wagon were guided - these became known as plateways, but this practice was replaced by the conventional rail and flanged wheel which is standard railway practice
Describe how railway technology developed in 19th century (1800 -1900). How did these developments affect railway operations?
Total word count: 979. Introduction
We will be exploring the developments of railway technology during 19th century. How railway operation as whole moved forward from pulling wagons to high speed trains and the affect of those developments on the railway operation and on the economy of Great Britain.
I cannot imagine todays Railway without Civil Engineers of 19th Century, who played the most important part in the development and successful operation of the railway; it had a major influence in reshaping and development of the capital market and the economy as large.
How railway technology developed in 19th century (1800 -1900). How did these developments affect railway operations?
In Railways earliest form, both track and the wagon and its wheels were wooden. Although the waggonways often served river wharves, they were also closely linked to the canals. For downhill Journeys, for example from a mine pit head to a river wharf or to factories, the wagon was sometimes moved by gravity and a horse was used to pull the wagon or wagons back up the hill over uneven terrain. It soon became …show more content…
[3] Inevitably, given the heavy loads of minerals which were carried, the wooden wheels and rails did not wear well. Progressively therefore metal was used in rails and wheels. In the case of the rails, initially metal plates were put on the surface of the wooden rail but this practice was replaced by the use of all metals rails with cast iron giving way to steel. The initial rails were flanged (L-shaped)so that wheels of the wagon were guided - these became known as plateways, but this practice was replaced by the conventional rail and flanged wheel which is standard railway practice