AREA Proceedings Online Archive

American Railway Engineering Association (AREA) Proceedings

Beginning in 1900 the American Railway Engineering Association (AREA) published a volume of proceedings from their annual conference.  Over the years this evolved into a technical journal called the AREA Bulletin that was published periodically during each year until 1997.  These publications contain a wide range of useful information on all aspects of railway engineering and operations that continues to have value to engineers, researchers and historians in industry, government and academia.  The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library worked with the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA), the successor organization to AREA, and holder of the copyright for these materials, who granted permission to scan and digitize the entire series of Proceedings and make them available online. 
AREMA continues to publish a variety of current instructional materials and recommended practices and these are available from them at: https://www.arema.org//AREMA_MBRR/AREMAStore/Store_Main.aspx

In addition, here is a direct link to the AREA Bulletin/Proceedings Full-text Search: http://xtf.grainger.illinois.edu:8080/arema/search.

1900s 1910s 1920s
AREA Proceedings Volume 1 (1900) AREA Proceedings Volume 11 (1910) part 1 AREA Proceedings 1929 (manual)
AREA Proceedings Volume 2 (1901) AREA Proceedings Volume 11 (1910) part 2 AREA Proceedings Volume 21 (1920)
AREA Proceedings Volume 3 (1902) AREA Proceedings Volume 12 (1911) part 1 AREA Proceedings Volume 22 (1921)
AREA Proceedings Volume 4 (1903) AREA Proceedings Volume 12 (1911) part 2 AREA Proceedings Volume 23 (1922)
AREA Proceedings Volume 5 (1904) AREA Proceedings Volume 12 (1911) part 3 AREA Proceedings Volume 24 (1923)
AREA Proceedings Volume 6 (1905) AREA Proceedings Volume 13 (1912) AREA Proceedings Volume 25 (1924)
AREA Proceedings Volume 7 (1906) AREA Proceedings Volume 14 (1913) AREA Proceedings Volume 26 (1925)
AREA Proceedings Volume 8 (1907) AREA Proceedings Volume 15 (1914) AREA Proceedings Volume 27 (1926)
AREA Proceedings Volume 9 (1908) AREA Proceedings Volume 16 (1915) AREA Proceedings Volume 28 (1927)
AREA Proceedings Volume 10 (1909) Part 1 AREA Proceedings Volume 17 (1916) AREA Proceedings Volume 29 (1928)
AREA Proceedings Volume 10 (1909) Part 2 AREA Proceedings Volume 18 (1917) AREA Proceedings Volume 30 (1929)
AREA Proceedings Volume 19 (1918)
AREA Proceedings Volume 20 (1919)
1930s 1940s 1950s
AREA Proceedings Volume 31 (1930) AREA Proceedings Volume 41 (1940) AREA Proceedings Volume 51 (1950)
AREA Proceedings Volume 32 (1931) AREA Proceedings Volume 42 (1941) AREA Proceedings Volume 52 (1951)
AREA Proceedings Volume 33 (1932) AREA Proceedings Volume 43 (1942) AREA Proceedings Volume 53 (1952)
AREA Proceedings Volume 34 (1933) AREA Proceedings Volume 44 (1943) AREA Proceedings Volume 54 (1953)
AREA Proceedings Volume 35 (1934) AREA Proceedings Volume 45 (1944) AREA Proceedings Volume 55 (1954)
AREA Proceedings Volume 36 (1935) AREA Proceedings Volume 46 (1945) AREA Proceedings Volume 56 (1955)
AREA Proceedings Volume 37 (1936) AREA Proceedings Volume 47 (1946) AREA Proceedings Volume 57 (1956)
AREA Proceedings Volume 38 (1937) AREA Proceedings Volume 48 (1947) AREA Proceedings Volume 58 (1957)
AREA Proceedings Volume 39 (1938) AREA Proceedings Volume 49 (1948) AREA Proceedings Volume 59 (1958)
AREA Proceedings Volume 40 (1939) AREA Proceedings Volume 50 (1949) AREA Proceedings Volume 60 (1959)
1960s 1970s 1980s
AREA Proceedings Volume 61 (1960) AREA Proceedings Volume 71 (1970) AREA Proceedings Volume 81 (1980)
AREA Proceedings Volume 62 (1961) AREA Proceedings Volume 72 (1971) AREA Proceedings Volume 82 (1981)
AREA Proceedings Volume 63 (1962) AREA Proceedings Volume 73 (1972) AREA Proceedings Volume 83 (1982)
AREA Proceedings Volume 64 (1963) AREA Proceedings Volume 74 (1973) AREA Proceedings Volume 84 (1983)
AREA Proceedings Volume 65 (1964) AREA Proceedings Volume 75 (1974) AREA Proceedings Volume 85 (1984)
AREA Proceedings Volume 66 (1965) AREA Proceedings Volume 76 (1975) AREA Proceedings Volume 86 (1985)
AREA Proceedings Volume 67 (1966) AREA Proceedings Volume 77 (1976) AREA Proceedings Volume 87 (1986)
AREA Proceedings Volume 68 (1967) AREA Proceedings Volume 78 (1977) AREA Proceedings Volume 88 (1987)
AREA Proceedings Volume 69 (1968) AREA Proceedings Volume 79 (1978) AREA Proceedings Volume 89 (1988)
AREA Proceedings Volume 70 (1969) AREA Proceedings Volume 80 (1979) AREA Proceedings Volume 90 (1989)
1990s
AREA Proceedings Volume 91 (1990)
AREA Proceedings Volume 92 (1991)
AREA Proceedings Volume 93 (1992)
AREA Proceedings Volume 94 (1993)
AREA Proceedings Volume 95 (1994)
AREA Proceedings Volume 96 (1995)
AREA Proceedings Volume 97 (1996)
AREA Proceedings Volume 98 (1997)
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