Index
A
Accommodation works, 12
Air-lock, 119
Air-pump, 120
Allowances for sinkage on embankments, 70
Alteration of gradients, 12 of roads, 6, 10
American hand-brake, 46
Analysis of steel rails, 193
Approach roads to stations, 249
Arch culverts, 76
Automatical gate-alarm, 336
B
Ballast, 225
Bascule bridge, 85
Battering-rule, 72
Bearing-weights of various materials, 129
Beater, 239
Bench marks, 66
Bissell truck, 58
Block crossing, cast steel, 235 telegraph signalling, 18, 338
Board of Trade requirements, 18
Bog-cutting, 65
Bogie carriage, 54 engine, 56, 306
Booking-hall, 249, 260
Book of reference, 8
Borings for foundations, 129 for tunnel work, 164
Borrowed earthwork, 61
Bottom-pitching, 225
Bracket signals, 20, 322
Brake-power on gradients, 45
Brakes for goods waggons, 46
Brick-well foundations, 123
Bridges, 79 over public roads, 10
Broken stone ballast, 225
Buffer-stops, 282
Bull-head rail, 191
C
Cab-rank, 251
Caisson foundations, 121
Cant of rail, 230
Carriage accommodation, 353 bogie, 54 dock, 282 traverser, 292
Cast-iron column piers, 97 in bridges, 27 saddles, 224 sleepers, 214 tram-plates, 184 tube tunnels, 179 water-tanks, 299
Catch-siding, 26
Centre line of railway, 32
Chairs, 206
Channelling ballast, 231
Check-rails on sharp curves, 29, 51
Cinder ballast, 227
Circular running-shed, 289
Clay puddle, 127
Clocks at stations, 26
Coal-drops, 282
Coffer-dams, 127
Comparison of bull-head and flange rails, 199
Compound rails, 190
Concrete foundations, 114
Continuous brakes, 30
Cost of permanent way, 241, 242
Covered-way tunnels, 178
Crab bolts, 223
Cranes, 280, 294
Creosoted sleepers, 211
Cross-over road, 233
Crossings made of rails, 237
Cross-sections, 33
Culverts and drains, 74
Curve alterations, 12
Curves, 49
Cutting rails on curves, 229
Cylinder foundations, 116
D
Datum line, 8
Deck or floor of girder bridges, 133
Deposited plans, 4, 6
Depths of cuttings, 10
Derrick crane, 299
Detached lock, 332
Detonator or fog signals, 334
Detours on mountain-sides, 3
Deviation, limits of, 6 of centre line, 12 of levels, 12
Diagram sketches of bridges, 149
Diamond crossing, 237
Disc or ground signals, 322 wheels, 48
Distant signal, 18, 314, 322
Diversion of roads, etc., 6
Dobbin-cart, 67
Dock platforms, 251
Double-line junction, 231 slip points, 233
Dry stone backing, 162
E
Earthworks, 60
Edge rails, 185
Electric motive-power, 355 repeater, 22, 334 train-staff instrument, 344
Embankment on bog, 71
Engine bogie, 53, 56, 304 triangle, 290
Engine turntables, 27, 289
Enlargements on parliamentary plans, 16
Entrances to tunnels, 176
Estimate, 14
Expansion of rails, 228
Extract from Government Standing Orders and Regulations, 6
F
Facing-bolt lock, 315 points, 20 distance, 20 point locks, 22
Fang clips, 224
Fastenings, 218
Fences enclosing line, 14, 73 on bridges, 10 on road approaches, 10
Fish bolts, 203, 220 plates, 188, 203 plate liners, 206
Flag signals, 313
Flag-top culverts, 76
Flange rail, 191
Floor or deck of girder bridges, 133
Floors for goods-sheds, 280
Flying junction, 231
Fog or detonator signals, 334
Footbridges, 26, 147, 149
Footings of foundations, 111
Foundations, 111
Four-line system, 351
G
Gantry crane, 294
Gate-alarm, 336
Gates for level crossings, 74
Gauge of railways, 37, 38
Girder bridges, 110
Glazed roofs over platforms, 272
Goliath crane, 297
Goods-sheds, 273
Government grants to railways, 349 Standing Orders, 4, 6
Gradient alterations, 12
Gradients, 42 influencing loads, 43 in tunnels, 166
Gravel ballast, 225 foundations, 113
Guard-rails, 51
Guide-piles, 127
H
Half-round sleepers, 211
Hand-brakes on trucks, 46
Headings in tunnels, 169
Headway and span of public-road bridges, 10
Height of platforms, 24
Heights of embankments, 10
High-level viaduct, 81, 83
High-speed running, 354
Home signals, 18, 314
Houses of labouring classes, 10
I
Inclination of ramps, 26
Inside keys for chairs, 207
Inspection of new line, 18 of tunnel work, 176
Interlocking of signals, 22, 314, 330
Iron-tube tunnels, 179
Island-platform station, 258
J
Jack-arches of brickwork, 145 of concrete, 139
Jib crane, 296
Jim Crow, 239
Junction signals, 20, 323 with existing line, 6
K
Keys for chairs, 207
Kinsua Viaduct, 97
L
Lavatories and conveniences, 260
Laying permanent way, 225
Level crossings, 10
Life of steel rails, 193
Lift-bridge, 87
Light railways standard gauge, 41
Limits of deviation, 6, 16
Loa Viaduct, 102
Loads of locomotive engines, 44
Location of railway, 1
Lock and block signals, 342, 353
Longitudinal sleepers, 210
Low viaduct arching, 129
Low-level viaduct, 81, 83
M
Made ground, 111
Marking steel rails, 195
Mechanical drills, 172 gates, 335
Mile-posts, 30
N
Names of stations, 24
Narrow-gauge railways, 40
Natural features of country, 1 ground, 111
Navigable rivers, 81
O
Occupation bridges, 110
Ordinary crossing, 235
Ordnance maps, 3
Outside guard-rails, 53 keys for chairs, 207
Over-line arch bridges, 103
P
Parapets on viaducts, 28
Parliamentary estimate, 14 plan and section, 6, 8
Pedestal water-tanks, 302
Piers of cast iron, 97 of masonry, 95 of timber, 102 of wrought-iron and steel, 97
Pile foundations, 114
Plate-iron troughing, 143
Platform roofs, 264
Platforms (requirements of), 24
Plenum system of sinking, 119
Pneumatic process of sinking, 129
Points, or switches, 235
Portage viaduct, 102
Power to purchase land, 6
Preservation of timber, 211
Private-road bridges, 110
Provincial grants to railways, 349
Public-road bridges, 10, 103 level crossing, 8
R
Radial axle-boxes, 58
Rails, 182
Railway bills, 16 Clauses Act, 6 fences, 14 slope, 61, 66, 72
Railways of different ranks, 348
Ramps to platforms, 24
Recommendations as to working of railways, 30
Rectangular running-sheds, 289
Reduced speed on curves, 50
Refuge sidings, 31, 351
Relative costs of narrow-gauge and light railways, 41
Renewal of under-line bridges, 151
Repeater signal, 22, 334
Requirements of Board of Trade, 18
Retaining walls, 159
Reverse curves, 51
Roadside station, 253
Rock foundations, 113
Rocking-bar, 316
Roof-principals, 264
Roofs over roadside platforms, 272
Rope-haulage, 49
Route of railway, 1
Royal assent, 16
Runaway points, 233
S
Safety-points, 24, 319
Sandy foundations, 113
Scales for Parliamentary plans, 6, 16
Scissors cross-over, 233
Screw piles, 114
Semaphore signals, 313
Semi-circular running-sheds, 289
Separate lines for through traffic, 358
Service roads, 69
Shafts in tunnels, 167
Sheeting-piles, 127
Side-cutting, 61
Side recesses in tunnels, 176
Sidings, 24
Signal-cabins, 328
Signal-detector, 315, 318
Signals, 313 at junctions, 20, 323
Signals (requirements of), 20
Six-wheeled carriage, 54
Sleepers, 209
Slip-points, 233
Slope of cutting, 61 of embankment, 66
Slotted signals, 326
Snake-heads, 184
Soft deep bog, 70
Soiling earthwork, 66
Sorting-sidings, 285
Span and headway of P. R. bridges, 10
Spans of large railway bridges, 158
Spikes, 222
Spirals, 35
Spoil-bank, 60
Sprags, 46
Square crossing, 233
Standing orders, 4, 6
Starting-signal, 18, 314
Station buildings, 260 roofs, 264
Stations, 248 near viaducts, 24 on gradients, 26
Steel and wrought-iron sleepers, 217 rails, 190
Steps for side-lying ground, 70 of staircases, 26
Stone sleepers, 210
Strain on steel, 27 on wrought-iron, 27
Suburban traffic, 352
Subways, 26
Super-elevation of rail, 230
Supervision of tunnel-work, 176
Swing-bridges, 83, 87
Switches or points, 235
Syphon culverts, 79
T
Tamping-bar, 239
Terminal station, 253
Tests for steel rails, 194
Three-throw switches, 233
Thrust-girders for retaining walls, 161
Tie-bars, 224
Timber bridges, 95
Timbering of tunnels, 170
Timber-pile foundations, 114
Time for construction, 18
Tip head, 67
Tip-waggon, 69
Tools for permanent way, 239 for tunnel-work, 172
Trailing-points, 20
Train-staff on single line, 342
Train-tickets, 343
Tramplates of cast-iron, 184
Tramway rails, 199
Trap-points, 319
Travelling-crane, 296
Traversing bridge, 85
Trimming slopes, 72
Trough girders, 135
Tunnel faces, or entrance, 176 headings, 169 sections, 176 shafts, 167
Tunnels, 6, 10, 162 composed of cast-iron segments, 179 drainage of, 166 through cities, 178 under rivers, 181
Turn-out, 233
Turntables, 287
U
Under-line arch bridges, 103, 129
V
Vacuum system of sinking, 119
Verandah on platform, 261
Viaduct parapets, 28
Viaducts of timber, 95 over rivers, 83
Viaducts over valleys, 91 to be shown on section, 10
W
Waggon turn-table, 292
Waiting-rooms, 251
Warehouse crane, 294
Water-column, 302
Water-jet piles, 116
Water-tables, 227
Water-tanks, 299
Wear of fish-plates, 205
Wear of steel rails, 193
Weeping-holes, 161, 174
Weights of locomotive engines, 304
Well foundations, 123
Wheel-base of engine bogie, 59
Wheel-guards on viaducts, 28
Widths of public-road bridges, 10
Winding engines, 185
Wind-pressure, 28
Wooden-centre wheels, 48
Wooden culverts, 76 screws, 223 tramway, 182 water-tanks, 301
Working plans and sections, 32
Wrought-iron column piers, 97 and steel sleepers, 217 piles, 116 rails, 186 water-tanks, 301
Z
Zigzags, 35
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