Abstract
The atmospheric railway was an environment-friendly railway in the 19^<th> century directed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) in England. The railway could run as no-noise, no smoke, no spew, and no slip on the line, by driving force generated from the pressure difference between the front and rear of the piston. This principle, named atmospheric or pneumatic system was applied in Kingstown in Ireland, London, Parris, New York, etc. In this paper, some examples of such applications have been surveyed through references about atmospheric and pneumatic railway systems. This aims to study and design the practical system in Japan and to familiarize the railway to Japanese.
