Narrow Gauge Railways in America [microform]

Narrow Gauge Railways in America [microform] PDF Author: Howard Fleming
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014300997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Narrow Gauge Railways [microform]

Narrow Gauge Railways [microform] PDF Author: J Edward Boyd
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781013845048
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22

Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Narrow Gauge Panorama

Narrow Gauge Panorama PDF Author: James Waite
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526776227
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 438

Book Description
This is James Waite’s second book for Pen & Sword about narrow gauge railways. He has travelled extensively in search of interesting, and often obscure, railways in remote locations. His previous book looked at the narrow gauge scene around the world and how many of its historic railways were surviving in the twenty first century. This new volume looks at some of them in greater detail and uses much hitherto unpublished material. The book is full of attractive and rarely seen photos. Some of them depict railways that were in their last days of everyday use, while others show heritage operations which still look much as they did when the trains were running commercially.

Railways Or No Railways

Railways Or No Railways PDF Author: Robert Francis Fairlie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description

Narrow Gauge Railways (Classic Reprint)

Narrow Gauge Railways (Classic Reprint) PDF Author: C. E. Spooner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265836859
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
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.

Modelling Narrow Gauge Railways in Small Scales

Modelling Narrow Gauge Railways in Small Scales PDF Author: Chris Ford
Publisher: Crowood
ISBN: 184797936X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 391

Book Description
This invaluable book is essential reading for all those who wish to build a small, narrow gauge model railway layout to a high standard. Comprehensive in its coverage, the book begins with a useful summary of the history and development of narrow gauge railways in the British Isles, and this is followed by a detailed, but easily digestible, consideration of the complex and wide choice of scales available to the modeller. In subsequent chapters, the author covers all aspects of construction, including materials and tools, skills and techniques, layout design, laying the track, scenic modelling, painting, soldering and wiring, as well as the construction of narrow gauge stock and appropriate buildings. The author provides clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs to show the reader how to build a straightforward narrow gauge model of a fictitious late 19th to early 20th century light railway in 4mm scale on 9mm track. He also suggests how the methods he has used can be adapted to other scales and briefly explains, by way of example, how they can be transferred directly to 7mm scale. Fully illustrated with 223 colour photographs and also included are several working sketches.
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