Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers.: Containing the necessary rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads, as built in the United States.

Name: Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers.: Containing the necessary rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads, as built in the United States.
Author: Vose, George L. (George Leonard)

Vose, George L. (George Leonard) · 1910

Topographical sketching 24 General establishment of grades 32 Equating for grades 34 Comparison of surveyed lines 39 Form of railroad sections 97 Excavation and embankment 104 Transport of material 106 Average haul 106 Drainage 109 Method of conducting construction operations 111…

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