Development, Construction and Maintenance
The development of Slovenia's railway network is depicted with seven maps, each relating relating to a distinctive era. Historic boundary stones, engraved with the individual railway companies, bear witness in the display to each period. In their time,they marked the ownership of the land where the track was laid.
Railway vehicles characteristically operate on special tracks, known as the 'permanent way'. Such tracks make it possible, for some effort, to transport loads several times heavier than normal roads would allow. Over time, calls for ever-heavier vehicles and greater speed demanded the development of stronger track. This involved changes in the size of the rails and in the ways in with they were secured, and in the sleepers, where wood gave way in some places to steel and, finally, concrete.
The gangs that maintained the permanent way used a range of tool and vehicles. The small trolleys the employed to maintain the track and carry their equipment and material were allowed to travel on the ine only by special arrangement.
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