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Coursework:

CE 4990 Introduction to Railway Engineering

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:

Green Bay:

National Railroad Museum

Chicago:

Finland:

View General Index of Slide Show & additional Video Clips of technical visits in Chicago and Finland (2004 and 2005)

 

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

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