1917 TEXT BOOK
PRINCIPAL OF RAILROAD ENGINEERING
BY WILLIAM G RAYMOND 
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CONTENTS
INTODUCTION
PART 1 PERMANENT WAY
CHAPTER 1 ALIGNMENT
CHAPTER 2 RAILS
CHAPTER 3 RAIL FASTENINGS
CHAPTER 4 CROSS TIES
CHAPTER 5 BALLAST AND ROAD BED
CHAPTER 6 CULVERTS, BRIDGES & MINOR STRUCTURES
CHAPTER 7 TURNOUTS
CHAPTER 8 SIDE TRACKS & YARDS
CHAPTER 9 ELEVATIONS OF THE OUTER RAIL
CHAPTER 10 SIGNALING
PART 2 - THE LOCOMOTIVE & ITS WORK
CHAPTER 11 THE LOCOMOTIVE
CHAPTER 12 THE WORK OF THE LOCOMOTIVE
CHAPTER 13 LOCOMOTIVE & GRADE PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 14 RAILROAD EXPENDITURES

CHAPTER 15 EFFECT OF OPERATION EXPENSES OF CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF TRAINS, THE TONNAGE REMAINING CONSTANT

CHAPTER 16 DISCUSSION OF THE EFFECT OF DISTANCE, RISE AND FALL, AND CURVATURE, ON THE TRAIN MILE COST

CHAPTER 17 PROBLEMS IN CHANGE OF RULING GRADE, DISTANCE, RISE AND FALL, AND CURVATURE

PART 3 RAILROAD LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION AND BETTERMENT SURVEYS

CHAPTER 18 RECONNAISSANCE
CHAPTER 19 PRELIMINARY SURVEY
CHAPTER 20 THE LOCATION SURVEY
CHAPTER 21 CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS
CHAPTER 22 BETTERMENT SURVEYS
CHAPTER 23 VALUATION
APPENDIX - THE LOCATION OF THE KNOXVILLE, LA FOLLETTE & JELLICO RR OF THE L&N SYSTEM
TABLES FOR FINDING TRACTIVE EFFORT
TOPICAL INDEX
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