Minimum Gauge Railways
Transcribed from the third edition by Peter Barnes.
THEIR APPLICATION, CONSTRUCTION,
AND WORKING.
Being an account of the origin and evolution of the 15 in. gauge line
at Duffield Bank, near Derby; also of the installation of a
similar line at Eaton Hall, near Chester; together with
various notes on the uses of such Railways, and
on the results of some experimental
investigations relating thereto.
BY
Sir ARTHUR PERCIVAL HEYWOOD, Bart., M.A.
THIRD EDITION .
bart. Sir Arthur Percival Heywood
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Minimum Gauge Railways:
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Tennis Ground station, Duffield Bank Railway.
Tennis Ground station, Duffield Bank Railway.
Viaduct, Duffield Bank Railway.
Curve, 25 feet radius, Duffield Bank Railway.
Engine No 2 and Goods Train, Duffield Bank Railway.
Engine No 1 and Passenger Train, Duffield Bank Railway.
Balderton Junction—Engine and Waggon Sheds, Eaton Railway.
Engine No 4 and Train, Eaton Railway.
Eaton Terminus—Coal Store and Carriage Shed, Eaton Railway.
Estate Works Sidings, Eaton Railway.
Belgrave Engine Shed, Eaton Railway.
Engine No 1, Duffield Bank Railway, 1874.
Engine No 2, Duffield Bank Railway, 1881.
Engine No 3, Duffield Bank Railway, 1894.
Engine No 4, Eaton Railway, 1896.
Dining Car (to seat eight), Duffield Bank Railway.
Parcel Van, Duffield Bank Railway.
Arrangement drawing of Dining Carriage to seat eight.
Arrangement drawing of Sleeping Carriage with four berths.
Side elevation of Passenger Carriage to seat sixteen.
Arrangement of Radiating Wheels on six-coupled engine No. 2.
Plan and Section of Eaton Railway
Cross Sections of Eaton Railway
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