Description |
1 online resource (12 + 322 pages) frontispiece, 31 plates |
Series |
The making of the modern world, part III (1890-1945) |
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Making of the modern world, part III (1890-1945)
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Contents |
Light railways considered -- Most suitable gauge and break of gauge -- The survey and location of light railways -- The permanent way -- Bridges and culverts -- Locomotives and rolling stock -- Probable cost of construction and equipment -- Working expenses -- The financing and working of light railways -- Light railways of other countries, viz. : England and Wales, Ireland, Belgium, Geneva, Italy, Saxony, Hungary, France, Prussia, Austria ; Sundry light railways in different parts of the world : Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, South Australia, India, Ceylon, New South Wales, Cape Colony, etc. -- Rates, fares, and wages on different railway systems -- Appendix. I: Report of Committee of a Conference on Light Railways, 1895 ; II: Light Railway Bill presented to the House of Commons, 1896 ; III: Light Railway Bill passed by the Cape House of Assembly, 1895 ; IV: Land Grant Bill for Railways in Queensland ; V: Conclusions arrived at, on light railways, by the International Railway Congress at the different meetings of that body during the last ten years ; VI: Railways and agriculture in England (reprinted from the "Times", November and December, 1895 ; February, 1896) ; VII. Particulars of the working of the Belgian light railways by the National Light Railway Company -- Table A. Probable cost of the permanent way, laid and ballasted, in the United Kingdom |
Summary |
Promoting the virtues of light railways, this is a complete and practical handbook to the construction of same with many examples from around the world |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Railroads, Local and light -- Great Britain
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Railroads, Local and light -- India
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Railroads, Local and light
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Great Britain
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India
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780727751256 |
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0727751255 |
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