North Eastern Railway inspectors notebook, circa 1927
- Title(s):
North Eastern Railway inspectors notebook.
- Published/Created:
- England, circa 1927.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (42 pages) : illustrations ; 12 x 17 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsTF64.N6 I6Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. KalkView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16720105
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
Field notebook of an unidentified inspector for the North Eastern Railway, with related printed matter laid in. Some of the manuscript and printed material includes diagrams. Notebook topics include: Gauge of road; Back heel chairs; Spacing of sleepers for 45'0" (and 30'0") rails; Table shewing radii of curves; Stretcher rods, round and flat; Chairs for long winged crossings; Standard load gauge; Standard platform clearances; Standard short rails required in curves; Lengths of leads etc. for 95 lb. B.S. material; Timbers for 1 in 8 single (and double) slip; Timbering for 95 lbs. points and crossings.
Topics for printed material include: Railway storage facilities, method of procedure (dated 1927); Instructions to inspectors of permanent way on super-elevation of outer rail of curve, expansion of rails, gauge, and checking of curves; Valuation of lineside fires; Table shewing radii of curves, versine; L.N.E.R., cant table; Standard sleeper spacing for 45' rails; Wear of rails, equivalent loss per yard. - Subject Terms:
- North Eastern Railway Company (Great Britain)Railroad engineering.Railroads -- Great Britain.
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