Railways
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transferring passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are located on tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a …
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24 May 2022 English
Content in British Society, 1939-1951 is arranged in collections corresponding to the archives from which they were sourced. You can read more about the archive materials selected for this resource …
productivity reports. ● The nationalisation of the railways and other public utilities. ● Road safety campaigns …
5 May 2022 English
Notes of interest with links to documents in Cold War Eastern Europe. Links to photos, maps and compelling stories.
trips on the Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Siberian railways, and their impressions of Irkutsk and Khabarovsk … Berlin FO 371/169287 32 and 39 Visual Map of Berlin railways - interesting to see how divisions crossed rail … Berlin in 1978. [By way of comparison, British Railways had withdrawn their last steam engines ten years …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French
A file of correspondence and reports concerning inner-German relations. The documents cover statements on foreign policy issued by the governments of East Germany and West Germany; a speech by the …
It is almost a miracle that the West German railways do not have to make any payments to East Berlin … the balancing of accounts with the East German railways for freight and passenger traffic, for the hiring …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French
A file containing documents relating to the East German national railway, Deutsche Reichsbahn. The principal subject covered in the file is the payment of tariffs for Allied military freight trains …
proposed that representatives of the GDR and FRG railways meet to discuss the question of the raising of … could issue the necessary instructions to the FRG railways for payment in accordance with the new tariff …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French
A file containing documents concerning the internal political situation in West Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the activities of neo-Nazis and the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file of correspondence and reports concerning a proposed Anglo-East German agreement on economic and industrial cooperation. The documents include drafts of the proposed agreement, which provides for the development …
importing country's economy - housing, energy, railways, arms etc. - and I - , f 0 ™ - 1 ^ delude a section …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
Reichsbahn was not a member of the International Railways Agreement (CiV Agreement). The FRG's view was …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German
A file containing records of meetings of the Bonn Group of American, British, French, and West German officials to discuss Berlin. Subjects covered in these meetings included flights between Berlin …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
balance between different modes of transport. The railways would be affected if this cheap fare was introduced … Merry said he noted the German remarks about the railways and the standby fare. But all concerned realised … effect on other modes of transport, notably the railways. 'They were H also unsure whether such a low …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
will be settled in technical talks between both railways. j'aqo 4 REV 2 3 1/18 I GDR Harassment of … settled in technical talks between both 0 I railways. ' REV 1 11/15 I < i 1 ^ ^ R Harassment …
