I. New Zealand Government Railways: I. Wellington to Woodville. II. Napier to Manawatu. By Joseph Prime Maxwell ... II. Ceylon Government Railways. By James Robert Mosse ... With an Abstract of the Discussion Upon the Papers |
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adhesion adopted annum ascending Avonside Engine Company axles Badulla bank engine bogie Bolt bridges Bruce carriages carried Carruthers cent central rail centre Ceylon Government Railways Ceylon railway chains radius Colombo to Kandy colony construction Cost per Mile coupled cylinders descending distance driving wheels expenditure expenses Featherston feet 6 inches Fell engine Fell system fixed engines gear Ghât gross load Haputale haul inches gauge inches in diameter inclined planes Indian Peninsula railway Inst iron Kadugannawa incline Kalutara laid line open locomotive Longridge main line Manawatu mètres mile of line Mile open miles an hour Mont Cenis mountain Nanu Oya Napier Nawalapitiya branch ordinary locomotive Paper pressure rack rack railway railway from Colombo Rimutaka Rimutaka range rolling stock São Paulo railway special brake-vans square feet steam steep gradients steep inclines summit surveys tons tooth Total tractive power train train-mile tunnels valley vertical wagons weight Wellington yard