Introduction to Railway Engineering is a versatile railroad course developed for all engineering disciplines that approaches the railway education from practical point of view. Interactive classroom lectures and regular assignments are complemented by several field visits that allow participants to observe how the material presented during the lectures is applied in the real world situations. Teaching methods, grading policies and other detailed course information is presented in Course Syllabus (pdf)
Topics Covered:
Coursework
Basic elements and roles of rail transportation
Introduction to American railroad industry and history
Railroad organizations and economics
Railroad safety
Track - train dynamics
Introduction to passenger rail and urban rail transit
Railroad track: Location, design, construction and maintenance
Railroad Operations: Motive power, terminal operations, signals, and communications
Field visits are one of the highlights for the program. Participants get to experience multiple aspects of the rail industry by observing the industry activities in several industry facilities in the U.S. and Finland . Field visits include:
Rail Transportation Program Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan, 49931 - 1295, USA
Department Phone: 1-906-487-2520
Department Fax: 1-906-487-2943
Department E-mail: cee@mtu.edu