Official Proceedings, Volume 12Western Railway Club, 1900 - Railroads |
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Page 65
... tracks have been elevated and hence no need of it at all ? With the tracks all elevated and grade crossings abolished , why should an engineer need to use either bell or whistle while his train is going through the city ? It would seem ...
... tracks have been elevated and hence no need of it at all ? With the tracks all elevated and grade crossings abolished , why should an engineer need to use either bell or whistle while his train is going through the city ? It would seem ...
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... track , a heavy grade and reverse curves are encountered , the steam pressure must be maintained at all events , and the maximum amount of fuel consumed without regard to economy or smoke prevention . Cars of perishable freight and ...
... track , a heavy grade and reverse curves are encountered , the steam pressure must be maintained at all events , and the maximum amount of fuel consumed without regard to economy or smoke prevention . Cars of perishable freight and ...
Page 88
... track roads . Out in the west we are getting into the same condition . All the roads with single tracks have their yards , and they are limited in their distances from center to center , and we ought to use cars as wide as is safe to do ...
... track roads . Out in the west we are getting into the same condition . All the roads with single tracks have their yards , and they are limited in their distances from center to center , and we ought to use cars as wide as is safe to do ...
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Western Railway Club. the economy is great in constructing double track with 13 - feet centers in place of 14. Bridge abutments , piers , embankments , cuts , bridges , etc. , all largely enter into the cost of . construction , and , if ...
Western Railway Club. the economy is great in constructing double track with 13 - feet centers in place of 14. Bridge abutments , piers , embankments , cuts , bridges , etc. , all largely enter into the cost of . construction , and , if ...
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... tracks , and we were congratulating ourselves that we had a car about the right size , but it was not very long before we had to change the size of the cars again , because some other fellow wanted larger car . This question has been ...
... tracks , and we were congratulating ourselves that we had a car about the right size , but it was not very long before we had to change the size of the cars again , because some other fellow wanted larger car . This question has been ...
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Page 198 - Society representing the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the American Institute of Mining...
Page 308 - If only the body of a car is destroyed, and the company destroying it elects to return the trucks, they shall be put in good order, or accompanied by a defect card, covering all defects or improper repairs made by them for which owners are not responsible, and forwarded, within 60 days, free of freight or other charges, to the nearest point on the line of the company owning or operating the car, and the number, line and class of car destroyed shall be stenciled or painted on each truck so returned.
Page 378 - ON LOCOMOTIVE DRIVING WHEELS, AND ON STEEL-TIRED WHEELS GIVE THE BEST RESULTS FOR EVERY VARIETY OF SERVICE. THOMAS PROSSER & SON, 15 GOLD STREET, NEW YORK. OLD COLONY BUILDING, CHICAGO.
Page 308 - ... provided the damage has not been caused by derailment or rough usage. They will be allowed to render bills direct against car owners on all car owners...
Page 307 - B" end, and the opposite end shall be known as "A" end. Where there are two brake staffs on same car, the end toward which the cylinder push rod travels shall be known as "B
Page 377 - The knuckle may be thrown open for coupling by the hand rod at the side of . U.
Page 264 - When cars of 60,000 pounds capacity or over and so stenciled, have trucks with journals 4 inches or over in diameter when new, $40 per car shall be added to the figure as given above for the values of car bodies, when equipped with metal bolsters.
Page 308 - ... defects on cars received by them from a railroad company, provided they procure joint evidence from the delivering road that such car owners...
Page 251 - ... and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of this Association be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States, to...
Page 68 - I do not know that I can add anything to what has been already said in the text of the Lecture on this point.