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Minimum Gauge Railways

Minimum Gauge Railways

by bart. Sir Arthur Percival Heywood

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Author
Heywood, Arthur Percival, Sir, bart., 1849-1916
Credits
Transcribed from the third edition by Peter Barnes
Language
English
LoC Class
TF: Technology: Railroad engineering and operation
Subject
Railroads, Local and light -- England
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44341
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44341
Release Date
December 3, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Minimum Gauge Railways :
  2. 2.Contents.
  3. 3.Preface to Second Edition.
  4. 4.Preface to Third Edition.
  5. 5.I. INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6.II. OBJECTS OF THE 15 IN. GAUGE.
  7. 7.III. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUFFIELD BANK LINE.
  8. 8.IV. DETAILS OF THE EATON HALL LINE.
  9. 9.V. LOCOMOTIVES.
  10. 10.VI. WAGONS AND CARS
  11. 11.VII. THE DUFFIELD BANK WORKSHOPS.
  12. 12.VIII. SCIENTIFIC CONSIDERATIONS.
  13. 13.IX. REMARKS ON NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS.
  14. 14.X. APPENDIX — A — B. — C. — GENERAL REGULATIONS. — REGULATIONS FOR YARDMEN. — REGULATIONS FOR PLATELAYERS. — REGULATIONS FOR ENGINE-DRIVER. — SIGNALLING REGULATIONS. — D.
  15. 15.PLATES. — Tennis Ground station, Duffield Bank Railway. — Tennis Ground station, Duffield Bank Railway. — Viaduct, Duffield Bank Railway. — Curve, 25 feet radius, Duffield Bank Railway. — Engine No 2 and Goods Train, Duffield Bank Railway. — Engine No 1 and Passenger Train, Duffield Bank Railway. — Balderton Junction—Engine and Waggon Sheds, Eaton Railway. — Engine No 4 and Train, Eaton Railway. — Eaton Terminus—Coal Store and Carriage Shed, Eaton Railway. — Estate Works Sidings, Eaton Railway. — Belgrave Engine Shed, Eaton Railway. — Engine No 1, Duffield Bank Railway, 1874. — Engine No 2, Duffield Bank Railway, 1881. — Engine No 3, Duffield Bank Railway, 1894. — Engine No 4, Eaton Railway, 1896. — Dining Car (to seat eight), Duffield Bank Railway. — Parcel Van, Duffield Bank Railway. — Arrangement drawing of Dining Carriage to seat eight. — Arrangement drawing of Sleeping Carriage with four berths. — Side elevation of Passenger Carriage to seat sixteen. — Arrangement of Radiating Wheels on six-coupled engine No. 2. — Plan and Section of Eaton Railway — Cross Sections of Eaton Railway
  16. 16.FOOTNOTES

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