...T H RAWSON; G H BROOME © Thomas Telford and ICE 1901 WESTPORT CARDIFF COAL COMPANY STIFFENED SUSPENSION BRIDGES INCLINES TRUSSES TIMBER WIRE ROPES ERECTION STEEP GORGES COAL PIERS WESTPORT CHASM CREEK NEW ZEALAND 2.52 RAWSON AND BQOOME ON STIFFENED...

... for carrying a railway up the steep slope t o the centre of Fiesole at the summit of the hill; but the local authorities having rejected steam-traction either by rack or by ordinary adhesion engines as being, in thisspecial case, and for obvious reasons, at once inadequate and obnoxious ;and a wire rope...

...R WILSON; C FAIRHOLME; J W GROVER; W MARTINEAU; SIR G B BRUCE; E WOODS; J B FELL; E E SAWYER; D M FOX; J R MOSSE; E PRITCHARD; J W M WATSON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1889 RAILWAYS STEEP INCLINES GRADIENTS MOUNTAINS CAPACITY COSTS RACK ENGINES LOCOMOTIVES ADHESION TRAINS LOADS...

...J CARRUTHERS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1889 JAMES LIVESEY PUERTO CABELLO & VALENCIA RAILWAY STEEP INCLINES RAILWAYS MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINOUS AREAS GRADIENTS VALLEYS SURVEYS COSTS MAINTENANCE PERMANENT WAY WORKS LOCOMOTIVES WORKING RACK WHEELS LOCATION SPEED...

...R ABT; P A FRASER; A MCDONNELL; T M R JONES; A SCHNEIDER; W SMITH © Thomas Telford and ICE 1889 RAILWAYS STEEP INCLINES LOCOMOTIVES RACK MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINOUS ENGINES GRADIENTS VALLEYS ADHESION 1'72 CORRESPONDEKCEox RAILWAY STEEP IKCLINES. [Minutcs of Correspondence. %h...

...J P MAXWELL © Thomas Telford and ICE 1889 WORKING SYSTEMS TRACTION INCLINES GRADIENTS RAILWAYS ENGINES WHEELS STEAM BIBLIOGRAPHY STEEP CONSTRUCTION MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINOUS RIMUTAKA NEW ZEALAND Proceedings.] MAXWELL ON THE FELL SYSTEM OF TBBCTIOS. 137 (Pcyer...

...R WILSON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1889 HARTZ RAILWAY COSTS WORKING MOUNTAINS RAILWAYS MOUNTAINOUS GRADIENTS CONSUMPTION FUEL LOCOMOTIVES COMBINED ADHESION RACK STEEP HARTZ BLANKENBURG TANNE SEMMERING GERMANY AUSTRIA Proceediugs.] WILSON OK THE HBETZ...

... or disadvantages of taking a short and very steep, as against a longerandsomewhatflatgradient, the formerplanhad been adopted in NewZealand, and thelatterin Ceylon. AS hewas responsible for recommending the Government of New Zealand to adopt the formermethod, it might be desirable that he should give some...

... COSTS CYLINDERS STEAM MOUNTAINS INCLINES GRADIENTS LOADS WEIGHT STEEP CURVES BRAKES ROLLING STOCK TRAINS TRAFFIC EXPERIMENTS CENTRAL RAILS THIRD RAIL NEW ZEALAND CEYLON SRI LANKA 120 DISCUSSION ON NZEEWALARNADILWAYS. minutes of Mr. Longridge. was satisfied the results he had...

...T AGUIDO; A BACHE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1880 RAILWAYS RACK ROPES STEEP INCLINES MOUNTAINS TURBINES RAILS PROPULSION WATER POWER 380 THE AGUDIO RACK RAILWAY. [Selected (Paper No. 1708.) Rack Railway worked by Endless Ropes, for Steep Inclines. By TOMMAASGOUDIO...

...W POLE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1873 RAILWAYS MOUNTAINS CONSTRUCTION PERMANENT WAY GAUGES RAILS RACK BARS BOILERS ENGINES LOCOMOTIVES WHEELS CARRIAGES SAFETY PINIONS PRECAUTIONS DERAILMENTS BRAKES REGULATION SPEED STEEP GRADIENTS VIGNOLES AXLES RIGI LUCERNE...

... feature in the extremely steep gradient of certainportions of the line,namely, 1 in 4. It wassingular how littlehad been knownin respect tothat railway.Priortohisvisithehadheard persons speak of i t a8 a remarkable mechanicaalchievement, on account of its ascendingby locomotive power theverysteep side...

... that the centrerailmust be inflexible, the horizontal wheels biting in proportion to the steepness of the gradient. He would ask whetherthe oscillations of the train, causedby the irregu- larities of the side rails, did not tend to disturb the rigidity which was necessary for the proper working of the centre rail. Mr...

... in 44 1 in 44 1 in 44 1 in 30 1 in 31 * Clliefly. These 2 miles are considered to be the worst part of the railway to work : for, although the gradients are not so steep as elsewhere, the line is altogether curved, and, passing through woods, it is impossible to see for more than a short distanceahead...

... AXLES STEEL CENTRAL BOGIES BOILERS METALS EXPERIMENTS COSTS COEFFICIENTS STEEP PNEUMATIC PASSES ALPS MOUNT CENIS FRANCE ITALY EUROPE RAILWAY GRADIENTS AND CURVES 325 Captain TYLERthanked the Meeting, in the first place, for the way in which his Paper had been received...

...J CROSS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1864 LOCOMOTIVES ENGINES STRUCTURES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION INCLINES CURVES RAILWAYS WHEELS AXLES BOXES STEEP SHARP RADIAL FRICTION MOTION 403 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES FOIL SHARP CURVES. April 26, 1864. JOHN ROBINSON "CLEAN, President, in the Chair...

...Z COLBURN; T S ISAAC; D K CLARKE; P W BARLOW; C H GREGORY; PEACOCK; W S MOORSOM; HAWKSHAW; HEMANS; COODE; G P BIDDER © Thomas Telford and ICE 1859 LOCOMOTIVES ENGINES POWER CURVES GRADIENTS RAILWAYS INCLINES ADHESION WHEELS RAILROADS PLANES STEEP RESISTANCE WEIGHT LOADS...

...T S ISAAC © Thomas Telford and ICE 1859 LOCOMOTIVES POWER GRADIENTS CURVES RAILWAYS INCLINES ENGINES ADHESION MOUNTAINS RAILROADS STEEP SLOPES PLANES LOADS RAILS CONSTRUCTION TRACK WEIGHT USA UNITED STATES RAILWAY INCLINE-PLANES IN AMERICA. 51 November 23, 1858...

...C R DRYSDALE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1856 RAILWAYS GRADIENTS STEEP LOCOMOTIVES STATIONARY ENGINES INCLINES MOUNTAINS CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE VIADUCTS BRIDGES CURVES STEAM ROPES SEMMERING GIOVI PIEDMONT AUSTRIA ITALY UK RdILW4Y IXCIJNE-PLANES. 349 April 8...

... 50. Steep inclines 368 RBIIAWAY WCI,lNE-I'LES. were, therefore, no novelty, inrailwayengineering, nor were the performances cited, greaterthan those which had been accomplished for years past, in this country. CAPTALNW. S. MOORSOeMxplained, that in speaking of the Lickey and Dainton Inclines asthe...