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Volume 96, Issue 1889
1889
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Discussion| January 01 1889

DISCUSSION ON RAILWAY STEEP INCLINES.

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-0477
Print ISSN: 1753-7843
© Thomas Telford and ICE
1889
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1889) 96 (1889): 145–171.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1889.20794

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Keywords: RAILWAYS, STEEP, INCLINES, GRADIENTS, MOUNTAINS, CAPACITY, COSTS, RACK, ENGINES, LOCOMOTIVES, ADHESION, TRAINS, LOADS, WHEELS, MOUNTAINOUS, STEAM, ROPES, TRACTION, SETTING OUT, LOCATION, CURVES, FUEL, COAL, CONSUMPTION, RIMUTAKA, HARTZ, PUERTO CABELLO, VALENCIA, SAO PAULO, NEW ZEALAND, GERMANY, VENEZUELA, SOUTH AMERICA, BRAZIL
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1889

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