Book/Printed Material Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways,
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Image 1 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... •■^SS^^i^ :^-^V 0., ■•X- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 9 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... n Building and Repairing Railways BEING A PRACTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCATION AND PRE- LIMINARY SURVEY OF RAILWAYS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION AND APPLIANCES; MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND TRACK; BRIDGES, BUILDINGS,...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 10 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two CoDJes Received JUL 19 1906 Copyright by The World Railw^ay Publishing Compan 1906 Also Entered at Stationers Hall, I^ondon, England b All Rights Reserved- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 11 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. Introduction 19 Chapter I. Eailway evolution. The development of the rail- way illustrated 21 Chapter II. The reconnoissanee the first step in railway construction 47 Chapter III. The...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 12 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 13 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... APPENDIXES. B. (1) Eelation the various items of track labor bear to each other 623 (2) Eelation that various items of track expenses bear to total track expenses 623 C. (1) Eelation...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 14 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 15 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Fid. PAGS. A Jessop s Cast Iron Fish Bellied Rail 24 B The First Rail Chair, A. D. 1797 24 C LeCann s Tram Rail, A. D. 1801 25...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 16 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. L Frogs, A. D. 1825 39 Staple iron used as makeshift for frog, A. D. 1831 39 Krog, A. D. 1835 40 Wood s Kail Frog, A. D....- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 17 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. ix 19. Engineers Scale 63 20. Protractor 6X 21. Transparent Protractor wit i R. R. Curves 64 22. Engineers Y Level 64 23. Philadelphia Leveling Rod 65 24. Leveling...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 18 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 73. View Overhaul 133 74. 133 75. Track Laying or Iron Car 135 76. Holman s Track Laying Machine 138 77. Harris 140 78. Terminal Coaling Station 156...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 19 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xi 98. Goldie Claw Tie Plate with Lug to Prevent the Lateral Movement of the Kail 223 99. The C. A. C. Tie Plate 224 100. The Servis Tie...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 20 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 141. Designs for Targets or Signals to be used on Switch Stands 265 142. Target Tripod for Switch Stands 266 143. Haley Semi-Steel Bumping Post 267 145. Ellis...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 21 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xiii 182. Transverse Section of a Clinton Coaling Station 295 183. Cast Iron Turntable made by William Sellers Co 297 184. Wrought Iron Turntable made by the King Iron...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 22 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 215i. Drake Mixer on a Car, with Conveyor to Deliver the Concrete on the Wall, also Showing the Method of Delivering the Material to the Mixer 344 215j....- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 23 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... LIST OF ILLUSTRATT0N8. xv 228. Single Throw Split Switch No. 9; Eigid Frog 12 Feet Long 371 229. Single Throw Split Switch No. 10; Eigid Frog 10 Feet Long 373 230. Single...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 24 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 252. Crossing Frogs used where two tracks cross at an acute angle 383 253. Combination Slip Switch and Movable Center Points Switches and Movable Center Points operated by...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 25 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xvii 296. Scythe Snaths 413 297. Spirit Level 414 298. Spike Pullers 414 299. Spike Maul 415 300. Stone Sledge Hammers 415 301. Eailroad Shovel for Tamping, etc 415...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 26 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... xviii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 344. Rotary Snow Plow 475 345. Inspection Hand Car 496 348. Double or Four Wheeled Motor Car for Inspection Purposes 497 349. 35 Ton Steam Wrecking Crane 507...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 27 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... INTRODUCTION. Many books have been written on the subject of Railway Construction by different men; many more will be written hereafter, and this without exhausting the subject. It is too great and...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 28 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... 20 INTRODUCTION, This volume, like others that I have WTitten, it is unnecessary to say, is intended for the use of students and practical men, such as builders, roadmasters, section foremen and...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 29 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... CHAPTER I. RAILWAY EVOLUTION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILWAY ILLUSTRATED. In depicting railways, an account of the con- ditions which lead up to them is interesting, not only in itself, but as...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 30 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... 22 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. man s efforts. In other respects it presents no distinguishing features. It furnishes, however, another instance, if one were wanting, of the sympathetic tie that connects man...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 31 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... BAILWAY EVOLUTION. 23 mon turnpike road, an early writer says: A saving is made of seven-eighths of the power, one horse on a railroad producing as much effect as eight horses on...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 32 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... 24 BUILDING AND BE P AIMING RAILWAYS. The flanged wheel cleared the sky. In 1797 Jes- sop also contributed to the development of rail- roads by inventing the iron chair, which he...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 33 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... BAILWAT EVOLUTION. 25 Top v/tw. Sfcrio/i. H seaTMRo LieCann s Tram Rail, requiring neither bolts nor spikes. Wales, A. D. 1801. Wyatt s Hexagonal Rail, North Wales, A. D. 1802. Tram Rail,...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 34 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... 26 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS, prominence in connection with the opening of the Liverpool Manchester railway, where for the first time the attention of the world was generally drawn to the railroad...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 35 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... BATLWAT EVOLUTION 27 I- xram Rail witli stone supports, upon which Trevithick s first locomotive raa Fia. D. the average weight of rails per yard was about 28 pounds; in 1830 (about...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 36 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... 28 BUILDING AND EEPAIRING RAILWAYS. Birkenshaw s Wrought-Iron Rail, A. D. 1820. Sf^G r/ff^ CH/HR. George Stepnenson s Fish-Belly Rail, Manchester Liverpool Railway, A. D.1829. Rail designed by Robert L. Stevens, A....- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 37 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... RAILWAY EVOLUTION. 29 tives and speed of trains have increased, the weight of the rail has grown heavier. Ninety and even 100 pounds per yard is not uncommon in use now. jj...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 38 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... 30 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. Standard Track of Camden Amboy Railroad, A. D. 1837. Track of Camden Amboy Railroad. Rails laid on piling through marshes, A. D. 1837. Stevens Rail, Vicksburg Jackson...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 39 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... BAIL WAY E VOLUTION. 31 To cheapen construction, the strap rail was largely used on the early American railroads; it is illustrated by Fig. G. Stone stringer and Strap Rail, Baltimore Ohio...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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Image 40 of Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the ... 32 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. The method of constructing track with stone blocks and stone stringers gave a rigid road bed and rough riding track which were very destruc- tive to locomotives...- Contributor: Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe)
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