. 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 .. . streams F E, F E. By the latter route the road wouldascend all of the way from A to E ; and descend from E toD. By the first if it requires steep gradients to rise from Ato B, and to fall from C to D, still if the section B C is aplateau, and if the rise between A and B and X and E isthe same, by grouping the grades at B and C we may soadapt the motive power, as to t
. 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 .. . streams F E, F E. By the latter route the road wouldascend all of the way from A to E ; and descend from E toD. By the first if it requires steep gradients to rise from Ato B, and to fall from C to D, still if the section B C is aplateau, and if the rise between A and B and X and E isthe same, by grouping the grades at B and C we may soadapt the motive power, as to take the same train from A 2 14 HANDBOOK OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. to D without breaking. Fi;;. The general arrangement ofgrades by the lineA B C D is then asfig. 4 ; and by A F EE F D, as in tig. saving in thiscase is by length, as Fig. 5.
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