CHAPTER I

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Location of a line of railway--Government regulations--Questions for consideration in connection with gauge, gradients, and curves 1

## CHAPTER II .

Works of construction: Earthworks, Culverts, Bridges, Foundations, Screw piles, Cylinders, Caissons, Retaining walls, and Tunnels 60

## CHAPTER III .

Permanent way--Rails--Sleepers--Fastenings--and Permanent-way laying 182

## CHAPTER IV .

Stations: Station Buildings, Roofs, Lines, and Sidings 248

## CHAPTER V .

Sorting-sidings--Turn-tables--Traversers--Water-Tanks and Water-Columns 285

## CHAPTER VI .

Comparative Weights of some Types of Modern Locomotives 304

## CHAPTER VII .

Signals--Interlocking--Block Telegraph and Electric Train Staff Instruments 313

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