Railway Construction

Arranged for the Use of Junior Draughtsmen in the Architectural and Engineering Professions. With 425 Illustrations from Working Drawings, Diagrams and Tables. By HENRY FIDLER,...

Location.--The locating of a line of railway, or the determination of its exact route, is influenced by many circumstances. In a rich country, with thickly populated districts a...

When setting out a line and adjusting the gradients, an endeavour is usually made to so balance the earthworks that the amount obtained from the cuttings may be sufficient to fo...

Rails.--Accustomed as we now are to the substantial character of the permanent way of our railways, we can scarcely realize that in the earlier examples the rails or tram-plates...

Stations.--When selecting a site for a station, not only should due regard be paid to the proximity and convenience of access to the town or place to be served, but attention sh...

Sorting-sidings.--On many important long main lines it is necessary to establish special independent sidings for sorting or arranging waggons of merchandise and minerals. Where...

Weights of Locomotive Engines.--The demand for higher speeds of passenger trains, with more conveniences, luxuries, and consequent increased weights in the carriages, has natura...

Signals.--Railway tradition alleges that on one of the early lines opened for passenger traffic, the precautions for public safety were considered to have been fulfilled by prov...

Looking at railways in their present stage of development, they appear to be divided into three ranks, each one distinct from the other as regards its importance, capability, an...

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