. Railroad construction, theory and practice; a text-book for the use of students in colleges and technical schools, and a hand-book for the use of engineers in field and office . age per annum per mile of 5000 with maximum speed of passenger-trains of 40 miles per hour. ^Class C shall include all districts of a railway not meeting the traffic requirements of Classes A or B. The classification was • adopted on the consideration that quality of traffic as well as mere tonnage should determine 270 KAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. § 235. the classification of a railroad. For example, it is cons


. Railroad construction, theory and practice; a text-book for the use of students in colleges and technical schools, and a hand-book for the use of engineers in field and office . age per annum per mile of 5000 with maximum speed of passenger-trains of 40 miles per hour. ^Class C shall include all districts of a railway not meeting the traffic requirements of Classes A or B. The classification was • adopted on the consideration that quality of traffic as well as mere tonnage should determine 270 KAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. § 235. the classification of a railroad. For example, it is consideredthat a road which operates a train at a speed of 50 miles anhour should adopt the first class or Class A standards, eventhough there is but one train per day on that railroad. Itlikewise means that any road whose traffic makes necessary theconstruction of a regular double track should adopt the firstclass specifications. 235. Recommended sections for the several Fig. 110 are shov/n a series of cross-sections which were hi6^ -iiikl -lllV, ^ 5IH- ->!|t<:, ;gJr.~7 ,,, I, . ~7^ SINGLE TRACK ON TANGENT,1,. ->i<-


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