Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Deformations of Railroad Tracks and the Means for Remedying Them
The support of the engine comprises, apart from the roadbed, the ballast, the ties and the rails. It must be made more resistant by consolidating, by rendering more rigid, the elements which com pose it, for it is very evident that if these elements are susceptible of rendering good service when they are submitted to given forces, they will not necessarily continue to do so when these forces are increased, either by weight of load carried or by speed of trains run.
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