Revised And Enlarged Ed of the Science of Railways volume 3
Revised And Enlarged Ed of the Science of Railways volume 3
Marshall Monroe Kirkman
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There is no straining after theoretical objects in any direction; estheticism is allowed to lie on the shelf; trains are run to accommo- date traffic and conform to its profitableness. In older countries railway operation has had to con- form more or less to firmly fixed habits and pre- conceived ideas of what was needed. Thus, in constructing railways very little distinction has been made between productive and nonproduct- ive property. Everything, must be stable and of METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION.... 151 the first class. W. H. Booth, referring to this aspect of the case, says that unless it be in lighter rails, there is, in England, practically no difference observable in nature of construction between a short branch line, on which a small train runs to and fro three or four times daily, and the main line carrying numerous fast ex- presses. There are the same substantial bridges over and under mere country cart tracks, and the usual culverts, fences and station buildings. Ex- pensive brick freight sheds are found at many stations where the traffic is almost nil.
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