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.

by George L. Vose

— [459], l. 21, for “Ridometre,” read “Kilometre.”

— [461], l. 7, for “less than a, or o,” read “less a, or 0.”

— [468], l. 30, for “fractions,” read “functions.”

— [474], l. 18, for “Balbett,” read “Babbitt.”

— [479], l. 10, for “one sixth, with much less,” read “one sixth; with sand, much less.”

HANDBOOK

OF

RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.

INTRODUCTION.

“They build not merely roads of earth and stone, as of old, but they build iron roads: and not content with horses of flesh, they are building horses of iron, such as never faint nor lose their breath.”—Dr. Bushnell.