Narrow Gauge Railways in America: Embracing a Sketch of Their Rise, Progress and Success, Valuable Statistics as to Grades, Curves, Weight of Rail, Locomotives, Cars, Etc
Narrow Gauge Railways in America: Embracing a Sketch of Their Rise, Progress and Success, Valuable Statistics as to Grades, Curves, Weight of Rail, Locomotives, Cars, Etc
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...35 per cent. That it is to say, thirty-five hundredths more freight has been regularly carried on the narrow gauge rolling stock, with the same total weight of cars and load, as on the broad gauge. This can be most readily seen by observing a train of 16 loaded cars (which weigh say %yz tons each when empty) arriving ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...35 per cent. That it is to say, thirty-five hundredths more freight has been regularly carried on the narrow gauge rolling stock, with the same total weight of cars and load, as on the broad gauge. This can be most readily seen by observing a train of 16 loaded cars (which weigh say %yz tons each when empty) arriving at Denver on the broad gauge road, and their contents transferred to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. The same freight is placed in 20 narrow gauge cars, the empty weight of which is somewhat less than three tons each. The comparison will then stand as follows: Saving in total weight, 76 tons. which is equivalent, after allowing for the weight of cars necessary to carry it, to 56 tons additional freight which the narrow gauge train could take without any increase of weight over the broad gauge train--in other words, 35 per cent, more; this is on the presumption that the cars on each gauge are fully loaded. But it very frequently happens in the ordinary course of railroad business that cars are not loaded to their capacity, in which event the narrow gauge receives a'proportionately greater benefit. For instance, if from any station there was a load of but 5 tons to carry, the narrow gauge car would weigh no more with this load than the broad gauge would entirely empty. It is the case with almost any kind of freight that whatever a car on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway holds of goods up to $4 tons, is so much clear gain to it. That is, it can carry that much in each car as cheaply as the wide gauge road can run its cars empty. REPORTS OF ROADS. ALAMEDA, OAKLAND AND PIEDMONT RAILROAD. This Company was organized in February, 1873, to construct a narrow gauge railway from Oakland, in Alameda county, to Piedmont Hotel, a watering place on the Co...
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