Book/Printed Material Elements of railroad track and construction,
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Image 41 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 29 34 Seasoning TimberSeasoning timber consists of drying it into such condition that it will best resist decay This will be accomplished for most hard woods by cutting it at…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 42 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 30 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION in Fig 6 and allowed to thoroughly season Spaces should be left between the ties as shown in the figure to allow the air free access and…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 43 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 31 When only one tie can be made from a length of timber there is no more waste in hewing than in sawing since the parts that are chipped or…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 44 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 32 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE IV Cass BREADTH THICKNESS LENGTH SAE At 8 Sa ne 9 inches 7 inches 8 85 or 9 feet Lol PS US IGE Die SSA Sa…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 45 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 33 by the class and amount of traffic the size and variety of the tie and the kind of rail jot used Most railroads have at least two standards of…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 46 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 34 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION trees along its right of way twentyfive years ago but the results were unsatisfactory During the last few years they have been planting yellow locust trees on…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 47 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY ao the tie to prevent decay and 2 the use of tieplates to prevent the base of the rail from cutting into the tie The economy of treating depends principally…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 48 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 36 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION ing timber among the principal of which are kyanizing Burnettizing vulcanizing and creosoting 42 KyanizingKyanizing is the process of soaking the timber in a solution of bichloride…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 49 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 37 air pressure of 100 to 200 pounds per square inch this coagulates the albumen in the sap evaporates the water and partly closes the pores of the wood It…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 50 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 38 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION three stages viz seasoning extraction of the sap and moisture and the injection of the oil The ties if not well seasoned are sometimes kilndried so as…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 51 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 39 is removed and the oil is allowed to flow from the cylinder to an underground tank then the free oil in the timber is withdrawn by the creation of…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 52 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 40 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION preserving timber but the cost of the process has re tarded its use The higher priceof timber and particu_ larly of railroad ties together with the price…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 53 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 4 3 assuming the annual rate of interest at five per cent the following tables have been computed TABLE V For n four years Oisr Gn tie kos 040 050…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 54 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 42 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE IX For N ten years Cost of tie and treat MERC ee 070 080 090 100 110 120 130 Annual interest 035 040 045 050 055…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 55 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 43 Railroad Gazette of July 20 1906 is printed the state ment of the Carnegie Steel Co as to the use of their steel ties Prior to 1906 the following…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 56 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 44 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION Figs 910 11 and 12 The crosssection A B of the main part of the tie is shown in Fig 9 the top or head to which…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 57 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY A5 The rail is fastened to the top of the tie by means of clips shown in Fig 12 the right handportion of the figure showing a joint clip and…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 58 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 46 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION one being in the amount the ends are turned down so as to resist lateral motion In 1889 the New York Central and Hudson River R R…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 59 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 47 57 Cost and Economy of Steel TiesThe dis advantages of steel ties are1 difficulty of keeping the track in line and surface 2 the rail fastenings work loose and…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 60 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 48 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION inch angleiron 7 feet long placed with the corner inch below the top surface and extending to within 6 inches of the ends of the tie Tie…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 61 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 49 One of the first of these ties showed no signs of failure or of loose joints after being in the track more than a year 59 Economy of Reinforced…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 62 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 50 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION hold the rail without them until the end of the natural life of the tie as will generally be the case with oak ties The greatest economy…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 63 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 51 in place on the tie by three or four wedgeshaped pro jections on the bottom which sink into the wood parallel to the grain of the wood and also…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 64 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 52 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION were sheared off It is customary on some railroads to use a tie plate of the Goldie type on curves but with four spikes two on each…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 65 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY Do TABLE XI n Thirty Years iat Of PWO te Plates 2205 oS eee ae 050 060 070 Pema IKEVESE 3 of bo a a 025 030 035 Peet EMTECIALION…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 66 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 54 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION wheels consisted of plates of castiron fastened to longi tudinal stringers Fig 21 the plates being used to give a better wearing surface and less tractive resistance…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 67 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 55 rail in Fig 22 and described above The first attempt to design a bridge rail resulted in the fishbelly rail shown in Fig 24 it was made of castiron…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 68 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 56 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION ing the rail to the ties and a new means of joining the rails together and Col Stevens about the same date in vented the hookheaded spike…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 69 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 57 were 23 inches high and were screwed to longitudinal wooden stringers 9 by 15 inches in crosssection the stringers being bolted to 5 by 8 inch crossties at in…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 70 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 08 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION ereater number of times thus giving a rail better en abled to withstand work Others claim that the sec tions now rolled are of such size and…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 71 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 59 gether the lowest and highest percentages allowed are asfollows manganese 075 to 120 silicon 005 to 020 phosphorus 003 to 010 and sulphur shall not be ereater than 006…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 72 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 60 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION 40 to 100 pounds per yard This report was adopted by the Society and recommended to the railroad com panies and is usually referred to as the…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 73 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 61 flange or base and the width of the base is the same as the height of the rail In Fig 29 is shown the crosssection of the A 8…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 74 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 62 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION given in the following table for rails weighing from 60 to 100 pounds per yard TABLE XIII _ Oe OC PER sont Width wegen Thick cht Thick…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 75 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 63 tender or had a total weight of 167 tons on the a pea having six pairs of drivingwheels Experiments have been made with highgrade oe in the endeavor to…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 76 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 64 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION to the process of manufacture and the chemical composi tion the majority report of the special committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers has the following…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 77 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY 65 all the rails of the blow which they represent will be accepted The droptest machine Fig 31 shall have a ie of 2000 pounds weight the striking face of…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 78 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 66 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION Rails will be accepted and paid for according to actual weights For length see 73 77 Inspection of Drilling and Straightening Circular holes for splice bars shall…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 79 of Elements of railroad track and construction, PERMANENT WAY pe he 67 not to be covered by the splicebars Rails from heats which fail under the drophammer test shall not be accepted as No 2 rails 79 BrandingThe name…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
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Image 80 of Elements of railroad track and construction, 68 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION more logical to estimate the life of a rail in terms of millions of tons of traffic passing over it In England one set of data showed…- Contributor: Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln)
- Date: 1908
About this Item
Title
- Elements of railroad track and construction,
Names
- Wilson, Winter L. (Winter Lincoln), 1866-
Created / Published
- New York, J. Wiley, 1908.
Headings
- - Railroads--Design and construction
- - Railroad tracks
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- v, 320 p. illus., diagrs. 19 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- TF200 .W6
Library of Congress Control Number
- 08027791
OCLC Number
- 4247521
Online Format
- online text
- image