This book serves as a comprehensive guide to railroad engineering, specifically designed for use in the College of Civil Engineering at Cornell University. It covers topics such as track construction, maintenance, and signaling, as well as train operations and management. The author, Charles Lee Crandall, draws on his extensive experience in the industry to provide a practical and informative resource for engineers and students alike.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.