Maintenance of Way and Structures

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McGraw-Hill book comapny, Incorporated, 1915 - 451 páginas
 

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CHAPTER II
11
General Organization of Railways
12
Departmental Organization
13
Divisional Organization
14
General Organization of the Maintenanceofway Department
16
General Rules
17
Organization of the Section Forces
22
Unusual Trackforce Organization on the Union Pacific
24
The Extra Gang
25
Safety First among Maintenanceofway Employees
27
Universal steel
28
CHAPTER III
29
Widths of Roadbed for Single Track
30
Roadway
32
Formation of Embankments
34
Embankments across Unstable Ground
37
Drainage
39
Slides
43
Washouts
45
Sidewash along Streams
46
Purposes of Ballast
48
Properties of Ballast 49 34 Selection of Ballast
49
Materials Used for Ballast Ballast Sections
51
Broken Stone Ballast
53
Cleaning Ballast
55
Broken Stone Ballast Plants and Cost of Stone Ballast
56
Gravel Ballast
57
Gravel Ballast Washing Plants
59
Slag Ballast 59 60 42 Chats and Disintegrated Granite Ballast
60
Burnt Clay Ballast
61
Cinder Ballast 45 Chert and Cementing Gravel Ballast 46 Sand and Shell Ballast 47 Earth Ballast 60 61 62 62
62
Oiling Ballast
63
Quantity of Ballast Required
64
Volume of Ballast Required per Mile of Line St L S F R R
65
CHAPTER V
67
Definitions
68
Tiewoods and their Properties
69
Spikeholding Power of Various Woods
71
Size and Spacing
72
Bridgeties 56 Renewals
73
Single Renewals versus Renewals in Continuous Stretches
75
Inspection and Requisitions
76
Instructions for Tieinspection and renewals Buffalo Rochester and Pitts burgh Railway
78
Specifications for Ties
80
Conditions Affecting the Life of Ties
81
Tierecords
84
Marking Ties
85
Cost and Life
86
Substitute Ties CHAPTER VI
89
Steel Ties
90
Carnegie Steel
91
Universal Steel
92
Other Steel Ties
93
Life of Steel Ties
95
Composite Ties
96
Champion or National steel tie composite tie
97
Concrete Ties
98
ECONOMICS OF TIES 74 Total Capitalization
99
Annual Cost
101
Equivalent Cost
103
CHAPTER VII
105
Early History of Wood Preserving
106
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General Considerations
108
Ties in seasoningyard at timbertreating plant
109
Preservatives
110
Creosote
112
Lowry Process
113
Boiling Process
114
Zinc Chloride
115
Creosote and Zinc Chloride Combined
117
Opentank and Brush Processes of Treating
118
Plan of the woodpreserving plant of the Canada Creosoting Co Ltd Tren
119
Woodpreserving Plants
120
Timber Piles
122
Life of Timber Piles
125
CHAPTER VIII
127
Development of the Present Sections
128
A S C E Rail Sections Between pp 129130
129
Chemical Composition
132
Alloysteel Rails
133
Manufacture
134
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135
Sound Ingots
136
Branding
137
Inspection
138
Individual Millpractice of Stamping Steel Rails
139
Tests
140
Special Sections
141
Length
142
Rail Failures
143
Classification for Track Purposes
147
Life and Wear
148
Girder Rails
150
CHAPTER IX
151
Types of Joints
152
Splicejoints
153
Types of Joint or Splicebars
154
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158
RAILANCHORS
159
Weight of Splicebars
160
Stepjoints
161
Welded Joints
162
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163
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165
Trackbolts and Nuts
166
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167
Nutlocks and Locknuts
168
CHAPTER X
169
Development of Tieplates
170
Classification of Tieplates
171
Description of Plates in Use
172
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174
Combination and Compound Plates
177
Installation of Tieplates
178
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179
Material Weight and Strength of Common Spikes
180
Installation and Wear of Common Spikes
181
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185
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187
Railanchors
188
Economy in the Use of Railanchors
191
OTHER TRACK FASTENINGS 149 Railbraces
192
Guardrails
193
Railchairs
195
Shims
196
Tiebars
197
CHAPTER XI
198
The Effect of Irregularities in the Track
201
The Effect of Irregularities in the Rollingstock
202
Rocking of the Locomotive on Its Springs
207
Safe Bearing Power of Soils
219
CHAPTER XII
220
Life of Ten Steel Bridges
221
Increase in Trainloads on Ten Railways
222
Locomotive Axle Loads
223
Car Axle Loads
224
Speed of Trains
225
Special Types of Track
227
Special Track in Tunnels
228
English Track on the Pennsylvania Railroad
230
CHAPTER XIII
231
Signs Used to Mark Special Points
233
Fixed Signals
238
Danger Warning Awardsigns and Stationname Sings
241
Fences
244
Wingfences and Stockguards
247
Highway Crossings
250
Snowfences
251
CHAPTER XIV
254
Watertanks
255
Watercolumns
256
Tracktanks
257
Coaling Stations
260
Sand for Locomotives
263
Enginehouses
267
Turntables and Wye tracks
269
Maintenanceofway Buildings
272
Section toolhouses
274
Details of a section toolhouse
275
Watchmans house
276
Stockyard
277
Stockyards
278
Stationplatforms
279
Stationbuildings
280
Passengerterminal for a divisional point
281
Snowsheds
282
Bumpingposts and Carstops
283
Telltales
285
Mailcranes
286
Miscellaneous Accessories
287
Railracks
288
Crossarm for telegraphpole
289
CHAPTER XV
291
Protection of Iron and Steel Structures
292
Solidfloor Bridges
293
Concrete floors for bridges
295
Types of Ballast Decks for Trestles
296
Openstringerfloor type of ballastdeck trestle
297
Superelevation on Bridges
298
Superelevation on bridges
299
Onehundredfoot bent of a high frame trestle N T R
300
sin a
301
Pile trestle fivepile bent
302
Longitudinal bracing for trestles
303
Pipe Culverts
304
Arch Culverts
305
Masonry and brick arch culvert
306
Reinforcedconcrete arch culverts
307
Plain concrete culverts for spans up to 80 ft
308
Box Culverts and Open Drains
309
CHAPTER XVI
311
Fifteenfoot splitswitch
312
Economy separable switchpoint
313
Switches Allowing Continuous Main Rails
314
Frogs
315
Frog Angles for No 4 to No 12 Frogs
316
Rigid Frogs
317
Springrail Frogs
318
Number 10 springrail frogs
319
Movablepoint and Special Frogs
320
Crossings
321
Guardrails
322
Clamp guardrail
323
Derails
324
Derailing Switches and Derails
325
Theory of the turnout
326
The Design of Turnouts
328
Locating Turnouts
329
Data for Laying Out Turnouts Crossovers and Ladders 330
330
Data for Locating Turnouts by Offsets
332
Switchties
333
Switchstands
334
CHAPTER XVII
336
Shimming
337
Ditching
338
Renewing Ties
339
Middle Ordinates in Inches for Curving Rails
341
Ballasting
343
Surfacing
344
Superelevation
345
Elevation of Outer Rail on Curves
346
Lining
347
Clearing Cleaning and Policing
348
Miscellaneous Maintenance Work
349
Inspection of Track
350
Maintenanceofway Painting
351
Inspection of Bridges
352
Inspection of Buildings
354
Removal of Snow and Ice
355
CHAPTER XVIII
358
Tools for the Sectiongang
359
Shovels and ballastforks
360
Picks and tampingbars
361
Tools for Handling Ties
362
Tools for Handling Rails
363
Tieboring machine and template
364
Tools for handling ties and rails
365
Tools for Handling Track and Track Fastenings
369
Trackgages and Tracklevels
372
Miscellaneous Tools
374
Roadway and Track Supplies
376
Handcars Handvelocipedes and Pushcars
377
Motorcars for Maintenance Work
379
Work Equipment
380
Snowhandling Machines
387
Rental of Equipment
388
CHAPTER XIX
389
Track General and Construction Forms
390
Accounting and Record Forms
392
Maps and Profiles
394
Rightofway and Track Map
396
Profiles
397
Conventional Signs
399
Storehouses
400
CHAPTER XX
405
Primary Accounts of Road
406
Maintenance of Way and Structures
411
Classification of the Cost of Repairs
412
Primary Accounts of Maintenance of Way and Structures
413
CHAPTER XXI
417
Maintenance of Structures Program
418
Maintenance of Way Program
421
Execution of the Work
422
INDEX
425
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