Railway Track and Track Work (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

E. E. Russell Tratman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332030823 ISBN 13: 9781332030828

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Railway Track and Track Work In view of the importance of the railway track which carries the enormous railway traffic of the United States, and in view of the amount of engineering and technical work Involved in the construction and maintenance of the track and its appurtenances, it may appear somewhat strange that the technical literature on the subject should be so limited as compared with that on other branches of railway engineering. This may be attributed largely to the fact that until within quite recent years, this department of railway service was considered to belong to the grade, of skilled labor rather than to men of scientific and technical training. The book on "Track," written by Mr. Wm. B. Parsons in 1886, was practically the first book dealing with the subject from the engineering point of view, and written for the use of the engineer rather than that of the section foreman or "practical" roadmaster. For this reason, although its scope was somewhat limited, the book had a very extensive sale among engineers, but it has long been out of print. The steady and increasing demand from engineers for a technical book on track and maintenance of way led to the publication of the first edition of "Railway Track and Track Work" in 1897. The author had had this in preparation for some years previously, with the design of making a comprehensive book specially adapted for engineers, who are now entering more largely than ever before into the work and responsibilities of the maintenance of way department. It was published in the autumn of 1897. Within a few months the greater part of the edition was sold, and it was practically exhausted by the summer of 1900. The continued demand for this book, not only from engineers but from the engineering schools, many of which have adopted it as a text book, has now been met by the preparation of this second edition, which has been entirely set up in new type and almost entirely rewritten. About the Publisher F

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1332030823
• ISBN 13: 9781332030828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 557