Download or read book Railway Construction Classic Reprint written by William Hemingway Mills and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Construction The construction and maintenance of a railway calls for the application of so many branches of engineering that several volumes would be required to do ample justice to a subject so comprehensive and ever-extending. To avoid attempting so wide a range, the object of the following pages has been to describe briefly some of the recognized leading features which regulate railway construction, and to assist the explanation with sketches of works selected from actual practice. Where the number of existing good examples is legion, it is somewhat difficult to make a choice for illustration, and the course adopted has been to select such samples of structures as appear best to elucidate in a simple manner the different types of work under consideration. In the drawings and diagrams many important minor details are necessarily omitted, partly to avoid complexity, but principally to leave more prominent the leading features of the particular piece of work referred to in the description. Some of the sketches of the large span bridges and large span roofs are only shown in outline; but, as their principal dimensions are given, a general idea can be obtained of their actual proportions. No allusion is made to the requisite strengths of the various structures described, nor to the necessary dimensions of the materials used in their construction, as this would necessitate the introduction of a vast amount of mathematical formulae which does not come under the province of the object in view, and which the engineer has already at command from his training and works of reference. 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.

Download or read book Light Railway Construction Classic Reprint written by Richard Marion Parkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Light Railway Construction This work is intended as a book of reference for the use of engineers in practice and their pupils and assistants. The Author, having himself experienced the want of a practical office manual, has endeavoured to provide a text-book which, though primarily intended for those engaged in constructing light railways, may be more or less helpful to all who are employed on public works, whatever may be their nature. 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.

Download or read book Railroad Construction Classic Reprint written by Charles Lee Crandall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroad Construction This book had its beginning in some notes on railroad con struction which were first prepared about twenty-five years ago and were issued in mimeograph form for the use of students in the College of Civil Engineering at Cornell University. These notes have required frequent revision in order to keep them abreast of ever changing practice, but so much has been done in the last few years in the direction of standardizing construction that the time now seems opportune for enlarging them into a book, for general use. The discussions in engineering associations and in the technical papers have done much to stimulate interest and develop effort. They have also tended to standardize practice by suggesting to each engineer the adoption of the good features of the standards of other railroads, which were improvements upon and applicable to his own road. The method adopted by the American Railway Engineering Association of assigning topics to committees for investigation and report, the report to be presented at the annual convention for general discussion, has accomplished much in this direction. In this work an attempt has been made to present to the reader glimpses of the field and to impress upon him something of the spirit of the work. 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.

Download or read book Railway Construction Vol 1 written by W. Davis Haskoll and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Construction, Vol. 1: From the Setting Out of the Centre Line to the Completion of the Works Tan title of this work will, I trust, sufficiently explain the object I have had in writing the following pages. They are the result, as regards both field and office work, of various notes, observations, and rules made and applied during a practice of many years in carrying out railway works. 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.

Download or read book The Underground Railway Construction Company written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Underground Railway Construction Company: 120 Broadway, New-York Gentlemen. The underground railway construction company was organized for the purpose of building Subway, Elevated or Surface Railways in the city of new-york. It has taken the contract to construct the subway railways of the new-york District Railway. The Broadway division will be constructed from the bowling-green. Thence up Broadway to Union Square, to its junction with the Fourteenth street division, thence up Broadway to Madison Square, to the junction of its east and west divisions, and thence by way of Madison Avenue, to and under the Harlem River, to a junction with the main lines of railway which enter new-york from the north and east. The Fourteenth street and Twenty-third street divisions will commence at the west side of Ninth Avenue, and the east side of Second Avenue, respectively, thence running to the junction at Union and Madison Squares. The western division will commence at Madison Square, and follow the line of Broadway to Fifty-ninth street at Eighth Avenue, about thirteen miles in all. It also proposes to construct the railways of the new-york Under ground Railway Company and the Broadway Underground Connecting Rail way Company. 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.

Download or read book Railway Construction written by William Davis Haskoll and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Construction: Second Series, Illustrated With 91 Plates of Railways Executed, With Scales in French and English; Also Railways in the East and All High Thermometrical RegionsThe attempt is not made without considerable reluctance on the part of the writer, from his having an earnest feeling that there are many whose pens would be much more able to do justice to a task of which he fully appreciates the difficulty; but having been persuaded to undertake it, he can only endeavour to compensate for want of ability by being the more assiduous in his thoughts, by the most complete truthfulness, and the sincerity of his desire to render some assistance to those who, year after year, may have to follow in the path which he has himself gone over before, where they will find their energies very fairly tested, many anxieties to bear and difficulties to contend against, in order to do that justice to their responsibilities which every true engi neer is determined to perform at any cost.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad written by Charles Douglas Fox and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Railroad: With Remarks on American Railway Construction and Management In order, however, to arrive at a fair estimate of the total cost, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the company, pursuing in this respect an unusual, but, as the Authors submit, a very wise course, long since closed the capital account for the main line, and that, exclusive of ordinary maintenance and repairs, there has been expended, out of revenue, during the years 1855 to 1873 inclusive, upon permanent improvements and works of con struction, including the substitution of iron for wood in bridges, and of steel for iron rails, no less a sum than or per mile, bringing the cost up to per mile of single line. If, in the absence of separate accounts, there be deducted for the branches, 82 miles at the average cost of American rail roads, viz., per mile, the cost of the main line will be found to be about per mile of double line. 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.

Download or read book Elementary and Practical Instructions on the Science of Railway Construction Classic Reprint written by R. Macdonald Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elementary and Practical Instructions on the Science of Railway Construction In the year 1850, Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson, to whom India is so deeply indebted for the introduction of railway communication, under the Governor-General-ship of the late Earl of Dalhousie, presented gratuitously to the late Mr. John Weale, as marking his estimation of the "Rudimentary Series," the original treatise on the "Science of Railway Construction," of which a fourth edition, greatly enlarged, is now presented to the reader, with his approbation, kindly conceded to the publishers, under the editorship of Mr. Edward Nugent, C.E. In the second edition, published in 1861, much use was made of "American and European Railway Practice," by A. L. Holley, then just published at New York, one of the best practical books on the subject of Railway Construction, more particularly in all that relates to the Permanent Way. The work is divided into ten sections, the whole of which have been carefully revised and corrected. In the first, on Mensuration, and in the second, on Surveying, the solution of the problems has been greatly simplified, and concise useful additions have been made. The fourth division, on Railway Curves, has been entirely rewritten, and much useful matter introduced relating to turnouts, crossings, and vertical curves at junction of gradients. 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.

Download or read book The Railway Builder written by William Jasper Nicolls and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railway Builder: A Handbook for Estimating the Cost of American Railway Construction and Equipment IN the present edition the entire work has been carefully revised and brought up to date. It has also received many additions, the page enlarged, and a new form of binding adopted, so as to render the volume suitable both for the library and pocket. 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.

Download or read book The American Railway written by Thomas Curtis Clarke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances The Niagara Cantilever and the enormous Forth Bridge - Elevated and Underground Roads - Responsibilities of the Civil Engineer. 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.

Download or read book Elements of Railroad Track and Construction Classic Reprint written by Winter L. Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elements of Railroad Track and Construction The author wishes to thank Prof. L. D. Conkling for his valuable assistance in preparing this book. 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.

Download or read book The Railway Builder written by William Jasper Nicolls and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railway Builder: A Handbook for Estimating the Probable Cost of American Railway Construction and Equipment IN offering this little volume to the railroad world the Author realizes the fact that other books have been published covering the same ground in detail; and that numerous works by Engineers of known ability and reputation are also in existence, which contain an immense fund of general information and most of the tables necessary for calculation. But they are either in a condensed form, or clothed in for mulas and symbols totally unknown to the average railroad man. During a professional career of nine years the Author has had a varied experience, embracing nearly every kind of railway construction, locating, build ing, and equipping them, and during that. 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.

Download or read book Railroad Construction written by Walter Loring Webb and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-06 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroad Construction: Theory and Practice; A Text-Book for the Use of Students in Colleges and Technical Schools Curvature. Page 417. General objections to curvature. 418. Financial value of the danger of accident due to curvature. 419. Effect of curvature on travel. 420. Efi'ect op operation of trains 445 effect OF curvature ON operating expenses 449 421. Relation of radius of curvature and of degrees of central angle to Operating expenses. 422. Effect of curvature on mainte nance of way. 423. Effect of curvature on maintenance of equip ment. 424. Effect of curvature on conducting transportation. 425. Estimate of total effect per degree of central angle. 426. Reliability and value of the above estimate. 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.

Download or read book Railway Maintenance Engineering written by William H. Sellew and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Maintenance Engineering: With Notes on Construction The book has been prepared from notes used by the author in his classes in Railway Engineering at the University of Michi gan. While it has been written to present the subject from the view point of the student, an endeavor has been made to introduce matter of a sufficiently advanced character to make the book of value outside the classroom. The question of major bridges has not been dealt with, as it was felt that this would be beyond the scope of the work and that it was a subject requiring special treatment. The same is true of yards and terminals, which are so fully covered by Mr. Droege's recent book that a general discussion here would be of little value to the student. Signaling has been touched upon, but the chapter on this subject is not exhaustive and is intended only to give a general knowledge of the work in this field. Very little cost data has been given, as apparently the studies now nearing completion in connection with the Federal valuation of the roads will consti tute the best information to be obtained on this subject. The arrangement of chapters in the book follows the classification of investment accounts of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and no difficulty will be experienced in applying these unit costs to the present work. 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.

Download or read book A New Plan for Street Railways Classic Reprint written by T. W. Rammell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New Plan for Street Railways It should be premised, that the railways now proposed difir materially from any railways hitherto in use, being novel: -lst. In their form and method of construction; 2adly. In themode in which the propelling power - which'i' to be atmospheric - is to be applied; and 3rdly. In the plan of heir course or route, and the arrangements for working their trains. 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.

Download or read book American Street Railways written by Augustine W. Wright and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Street Railways: Their Construction, Equipment and Maintenance Bending rails, 78. Cross tracks, 80. Johnson automatic switch, 82. Turn tables, 83. Contractors, 84. 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.

Download or read book Observations on the Construction of Railway Carriages written by Robert F. Fairlie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Observations on the Construction of Railway Carriages: Together With a Paper on Railways and Management The carriages in a train, the buffers of which are jammed together in the manner described, run steadier, and are much less affected by the imperfections of the line; and, conse quently, so long Las the line is straight, the wear and tear of tires and rails is reduced. 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.