Maximum guage for straight lines and curves of more than 1,000 feet Maximum guage for round sharp curves....... Radius of Minimum depth of rails..... Inclination of rails inwards............ from.. 24 ft. 9 in. 15 ft. 6 in. 1 in 200. 1 in 100. 1 in 40. 3,600 feet. depth of 1,800 feet. mountainous do.... 600 14 radius of crossings and turnouts.... 000 JONAS S. HEARTT & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF RAILROAD CAR AND ENGINE WHEELS. STREET CAR WHEELS, G. S. BOSWORTH'S PATENT-Best in Use. AXLES FURNISHED AND FITTED. TROY, NEW YORK. AGENTS FOR SALE OF GEO. W. SWETT & CO'S. Shaftsbury Charcoal Pig Iron. PHILADELPHIA SMELTING COMPANY fice and Works, 244 & 246 South 21st Street, PHILADELPHIA. Providence Tool Co.; H. B. Newhall, Agent... New York..... Rhode Island Nut Co.; H. B. Newhall, Agent Winans & Co........ ...Buffalo, N. Y. 136 Chicago, Iil... 124 .Philadelphia, Pa...... 36 120 Maximum wheel base of engines, with curves 2,000 ft. radius..... Maximum wheel base for curves of 2,000 feet radius......... Inclination of cone of tyres..... Maximum breadth of tyre...... axle at nave, with 5 tons load per axle... axle journal, with 5 tons load..... Length of axle, centre to centre of journal................. Maximum length of journal .... .... 18 feet. 1-20. 6 inches. Hart, Ball & Hart, BUFFALO, N. Y. WROUGHT IRON PIPE, FITTINGS, VALVES, COCKS, &c. All Sizes from % inch to 8 inch always in Stock. UNIVERSAL JOINT TELESCOPIC PIPE TANK VALVES, FOR RAILROAD WATER STATIONS. STEAM PUMPS and BOILER FEEDERS. MEMORANDA ON ENGLISH RAILWAYS.-2 PAGES. Width of land taken beyond bottom o slope, from 9 to 12 feet. Quick mound, 1 foot 6 inches high. Post and rail fencing posts, 9 feet apart, 3 feet in the ground. Intermediate posts, 3 feet apart, 5 feet 6 inches X 4 × 12. 3 0 ft. in. Broad. ft. in. 48 0 6 30 38 43 6 45 6 24 6 29 0 Board of Trade ReguLATIONS FOR Railways. Main Line. 4 rails, 4 X 12. Breaking weighth of cast-iron girders to be made = permanent load X 3+ moving load X 6. Wrought-iron bridges must not be strained to more than 5 tons per square inch when loaded with the heaviest engines. Minimum distance of standing work from the outer edge of rail at level of carriage steps = 3 feet 6 inches in England 4 feet in Ireland. Minimum distance between lines of railway = 6 feet. |