Notes on military railway engineering, part II - engineering

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Great Britain. War Office, Author
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Feb 1940

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PUB-2020-28.4
Maker
Great Britain. War Office
Description
Contents: Chapter I, Construction of military railways on active service -- General principles -- Factors affecting the construction of a new railway -- Notes on the construction of a new railway -- Labour and transport data -- Chapter II, Drainage and waterways -- General principles -- Types of drainage -- Slips -- Calculations for waterways -- Protective and training works -- Culverts -- Chapter III, The permanent way -- Gauges -- Tracks on curves -- Permanent way material -- Chapter IV, Tracklayering -- General organization -- Organization of tracklaying gangs -- Tracklaying in yards -- Track alterations in yards -- Chapter V, Turnouts and yards -- Theory of the simple turnout -- Drawing and setting out turnouts -- Practical considerations in turnout design -- Practical consideration in turnout design -- Standard turnouts and tables -- Laying turnouts -- Track arrangements -- Station and yard layout -- Depot layout.
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195 pages, 97 pages of plates, some folding ; 22 cm.
Other title
Military railway engineering - part II,(engineering) 1940
Credit line
Great Britain. War Office. Feb 1940. Notes on military railway engineering, part II - engineering, PUB-2020-28.4. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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