Railroad Engineering

A revision of the classic text on railroad engineering, considered the "bible" of the field for three decades. Presents railroad engineering principles quantitatively but without excessive resort to mathematics, and applies these principles to day-by-day design, construction, operation, an...

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Main Author: Hay, William W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York John Wiley 1982
John Wiley & Sons Inc 1982
Edition:Second Edition
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Summary:A revision of the classic text on railroad engineering, considered the "bible" of the field for three decades. Presents railroad engineering principles quantitatively but without excessive resort to mathematics, and applies these principles to day-by-day design, construction, operation, and maintenance. Relates practice to principles in an orderly, sequential pattern (subgrade, ballast, ties, rails). Applicable to both conventional railroads and rapid transit systems.
Item Description:"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Physical Description:xvi, 758 pages illustrations 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographies and index
ISBN:9780471364009