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

Fig. 32.

Fig. 33 explains itself.

Fig. 33.

Fig. 34.

Fig. 34, case five. Here the wings A1, C4, are the same, as also B2, D3, the former being longer, on account of the greater depth of the fill.

Fig. 35.

Fig. 35, case seven. Here each wing is peculiar; the figure being a compound of figs. 33 and 34.