《关口知宏之中国铁道大纪行》，是由日本NHK制作的多集关于中国铁路的纪实节目，记录了艺人关口知宏在2007年以乘搭铁路的方式走遍中国的全过程。该纪录片分为“春季篇”和“秋季篇”两部分，于NHK旗下的BS hi高清频道播放。“春季篇”于2007年4月8日至6月10日间播放，而“秋季篇”则于9月2日至11月18日间播放。纪录片播出后在日本国内引起强烈反响[1]。本片还出版了dvd。
此次旅程为经电脑计算的单程最长距离（即一笔画的最长距离，线路各站相连，但同一段线路不能重复经过）的路线。根据电脑设计的路线，关口知宏与10多名随行工作人员于2007年三月底前往中国西藏拉萨，并于4月3日开始此次旅程。最终于11月15日抵达终点新疆喀什，行程共计36,543公里，乘车时间累计609小时48分。旅途期间由中国人陈捷为关口担当翻译。“春季篇”记录了关口知宏于2007年4月3日自拉萨出发，至6月7日抵达陕西西安的旅程。“秋季篇”则记录了同年9月2日自西安出发，至11月15日抵达终点喀什的旅程。

The largest maker of heavy machinery in Gilded Age America and an important global exporter, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia achieved renown as one of the nation's most successful and important firms. Relying on gifted designers and skilled craftsmen, Baldwin built thousands of standard and custom steam locomotives, ranging from narrow gauge 0-4-0 industrial engines to huge mallet compounds. John K. Brown analyzes the structure of railroad demand; the forces driving continual innovation in locomotive design; Baldwin's management systems, shop-floor skills, and career paths; and the evolution of production methods.

In this detailed study of the development of the Japanese railroad industry during the Meiji period, Steven Ericson explores the economic role of government and the nature of state-business relations during Japan's modern transformation. Ericson challenges the tendency of current scholarship to minimize the roles of the Japanese government and commercial banks in Meiji industrialization. By providing a fresh perspective on the "strong state/weak state" debate through a detailed analysis of the 1906-1907 railway nationalization, Ericson's study sheds new light on the Meiji origins of modern Japanese industrial policy and politics, filling a major gap in the available literature on the Meiji political economy.

Because it made possible rapid movement and shipping across large distances, joining far-off towns to economic and cultural capitals, many people who lived in the early 19th century regarded the railroad as an instrument of progress. Because anyone with the price of a ticket could board a train, regardless of social class, the railroad was also seen as a democratizing technology.