Railway Appliances: A Description of Details of Railway Construction Subsequent to the Completion of the Earthworks and Structures, Including a Short Notice of Railway Rolling Stock |
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adopted angle apparatus appliances arrangement axle axle-box ballast block system bogie bolt bracket chair branch line break bridge rail buffers carried centre check rail connected construction cross sleepers curve danger distance distant signal double-headed rail driving wheels electric engine engine-driver fang-bolts fastening feet fish-plates flanges flat-bottomed rail frame friction gates gauge Girder rail girders given guard holes inches inclined plane interlocking joints junction length level crossing line of rails loaded locking bar main line moved movement ordinary pair of wheels pass passengers placed plates platform point lever point rail points and signals position pot sleepers road roadside stations rolling stock screw semaphore arm shown in fig side sideways signal box signal levers signalling station signalman South Eastern Railway speed spikes springs stock rail straight line terminal stations ticket timber tion tire traffic train trenail trucks turntable underframe vehicles vertical weight width wood wrought iron
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