Download or read book Proceedings of the National Narrow gauge Railway Convention Held at St Louis Mo June 19 1872 written by National Narrow-Gauge Railway Convention and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the National Narrow Gauge Railway Convention Held at St Louis Mo June 19 1872 written by National Narrow-Gauge Railway Convent and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed record of the first National Narrow-Gauge Railway Convention offers valuable insights into the development and operation of small-gauge railroad systems in the United States. Featuring technical papers, reports, and discussions on a wide variety of topics, including engineering, management, finance, and more, this convention proceedings is an important primary source document for historians and enthusiasts of railway technology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Proceedings of the National Narrow Gauge Railway Convention written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Narrow-Gauge Railway Convention: Held at St. Louis, June 19, 1872 The Convention of railroad men, car and locomotive builders, and others interested, called to consider the question of narrow gauge railway construction and operation, assembled at the Southern Hotel, at 11 o'clock A. M., in accordance with the following Invitation and programme issued by a Committee of Arrangements appointed early the present year: In view of the fact that the gauge question, as applied to railways, is attracting a large share of attention, and that there is a general desire in the public mind to arrive at an intelligent conclusion in relation thereto, the following points for discussion and elucidation are suggested: 1. The want of railway facilities. 2. The comparative cost of the two systems. 3. Our means of constructing the broad gauge as compared with the narrow gauge. 4. The comparative cost of operating the two gauges. 5. Can narrow gauge locomotives be constructed of sufficient power and speed to answer general requirements ? 6. Can the passenger coaches be made safe, comfortable and popular with the traveling public? 7. Can freight cars be constructed of convenient size for the transportation of cotton, live stock and general freights? 8. What saving in dead weight will the narrow gauge effect? 9. How will the saving in first cost and dead weight affect the rates of freight and passage? 10. Break of gauge or connections. 11. Experience and opinions of experts. 12. The narrow gauge, as compared with the broad gauge, as the means of development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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