Safe Railway Working: A Treatise on Railway Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention, with a Description of Modern Appliances and Systems, to which are Added Numerous Illustrations of Locomotive EnginesC. Lockwood, 1891 - 214 halaman |
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... adopted and brought into general use before any great improvement in railway safety can be looked for or expected . At the expressed desire of engineering friends , as well as railway officials , servants , and passengers , the Author ...
... adopted and brought into general use before any great improvement in railway safety can be looked for or expected . At the expressed desire of engineering friends , as well as railway officials , servants , and passengers , the Author ...
Halaman 7
... distant date one of the various mechanical appliances will be adopted in place of fogmen . 23. All inclines should be provided with " catch points " to prevent vehicles running away . CHAPTER II . PERMANENT WAY , ANCIENT AND MODERN .
... distant date one of the various mechanical appliances will be adopted in place of fogmen . 23. All inclines should be provided with " catch points " to prevent vehicles running away . CHAPTER II . PERMANENT WAY , ANCIENT AND MODERN .
Halaman 11
... adopted for the plate ways , namely , 5 feet outside . The rails were fastened to cross sleepers by iron pins or ... adopt the " stone blocks , " but , nevertheless , he obtained all the credit , for this description of line was ...
... adopted for the plate ways , namely , 5 feet outside . The rails were fastened to cross sleepers by iron pins or ... adopt the " stone blocks , " but , nevertheless , he obtained all the credit , for this description of line was ...
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... adopted Birkinshaw's " fish- bellied " rail for all his early lines . The Stockton and Darlington , Canterbury and Whitstable , and Leicester and Swannington had rails weighing 28 lbs . per yard ; on the Liverpool and Manchester he used ...
... adopted Birkinshaw's " fish- bellied " rail for all his early lines . The Stockton and Darlington , Canterbury and Whitstable , and Leicester and Swannington had rails weighing 28 lbs . per yard ; on the Liverpool and Manchester he used ...
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... adopted 4 ft . 8 in . for the Stockton and Darlington and the Liverpool and Manchester railways , and , when consulted as to the gauge for the Leicester and Swannington , and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railways , he replied , " Make ...
... adopted 4 ft . 8 in . for the Stockton and Darlington and the Liverpool and Manchester railways , and , when consulted as to the gauge for the Leicester and Swannington , and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railways , he replied , " Make ...
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