Its covers detail analysis and information on following sections:
Equipment: •
Bogies and suspension, wheels, axles and bearings • Brakes and drawgear • Cables and cable equipment • Diesel engines, transmission and fueling systems • Electric traction, freight yard and terminal equipment • Locomotives and powered and non-powered passenger vehicles • Passenger coach and freight vehicles equipment • Revenue collection systems and station equipment
Data & Technology • Information technology systems • Organizational structures • Passenger information systems • Principal infrastructure details of networks • Rolling-stock fleet data •
Signalling and communication systems • Simulation and training systems • Traffic and revenue statistics
Contact Information • Consultancy services • Electrification contractors and equipment suppliers • Manufacturers of locomotives and passenger vehicles • Permanent way components, equipment and services • Railway associations and agencies • Rolling-stock leasing companies • Turnkey systems contractors • Vehicle maintenance equipment and services The World Railways Yearbook 17/18 issue costs over US$1320.
Maps and diagrams The yearbook contains many maps of railway systems, which since about 1990 have been redrawn in a consistent style. The yearbook also contains many diagrams of
structure gauges and
loading gauges for some but not all countries.
Other data The yearbook also give the kind and height of the
coupler used by any railway, as well as the height of
buffers where used. The yearbook also gives the
minimum radii of many, but not all, railways. == Editors ==