Author: C. E. Spooner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265836859
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Excerpt from Narrow Gauge Railways The object of the paper which I have the honour to submit to the members of this valuable Institute is to discuss the subject of narrow gauge railways, explaining the necessity of their general use, their economy in construction, their utility in certain districts as feeders to through lines, and their adaptation to passenger as well as to general traffic. The introduction of railways on a narrow gauge, and worked by locomotive power, is a growing necessity for opening districts where lines connecting one through line with another are either impracticable or would be so costly as not to justify the outlay required for their construction; also in mountainous and mineral districts, where their application would be the greatest possible boon to the public, and the means of giving to districts railway communication that, on the parliamentary gauge, would be too expensive ever to be made. It is in these latter districts that their application would be especially useful, inasmuch as with narrow gauge lines of 2 ft. 6 in., or from that to 2 ft. 9 in., curves of three or four chains radii can with facility be made, and by this means tunnels, viaducts, and heavy earthworks are avoided which on the broader gauge would be inevitable; and, at the same time, there is no necessity, on short lines of this kind, for any very great amount of speed, which is imperative on through lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.