Maintenance of Way and Structures

William Clyde Willard

McGraw-Hill book comapny, Incorporated, 1915 - Technology & Engineering - 451 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• Maintenance of Way and Structures 3 Attitude of the Management toward Maintenanceofway Expenditures: 2
• Needed Railway Improvements: 3
• Relation between Construction and Maintenance of: 4
• Classification of Track on a Traffic Basis: 5
• The Cost of Railway Track: 6
• Expenditures on Track Maintenance: 7
• CHAPTER II: 11
• General Organization of Railways: 12
• Departmental Organization: 13
• Divisional Organization: 14
• General Organization of the Maintenanceofway Department: 16
• General Rules: 17
• Organization of the Section Forces: 22
• Unusual Trackforce Organization on the Union Pacific: 24
• The Extra Gang: 25
• Safety First among Maintenanceofway Employees: 27
• CHAPTER III: 28
• Roadway: 32
• Formation of Embankments: 34
• Different methods of piling untreated ties: 36
• Embankments across Unstable Ground: 37
• Drainage: 39
• Slides: 43
• Washouts: 45
• Sidewash along Streams: 46
• Purposes of Ballast: 48
• Properties of Ballast: 49
• Materials Used for Ballast Ballast Sections: 51
• Standard roadbed drainage N Y C H R R: 52
• Broken Stone Ballast: 53
• Cleaning Ballast: 55
• Broken Stone Ballast Plants and Cost of Stone Ballast: 56
• Gravel Ballast: 57
• Ballast sections for gravel cinders etc A R E A: 58
• Gravel Ballast Washing Plants: 59
• Slag Ballast: 60
• Burnt Clay Ballast: 61
• Cinder Ballast: 62
• Earth Ballast: 63
• Quantity of Ballast Required: 64
• Ballast sections Class A track St L S F R: 65
• CHAPTER V: 67
• Definitions: 68
• Tiewoods and their Properties: 69
• Methods of piling treated ties: 71
• Size and Spacing: 72
• Bridgeties: 73
• Single Renewals versus Renewals in Continuous Stretches: 75
• Inspection and Requisitions: 76
• Instructions for Tieinspection and renewals Buffalo Rochester and Pitts burgh Railway: 78
• Specifications for Ties: 80
• Conditions Affecting the Life of Ties: 81
• vii: 83
• Tierecords: 84
• Marking Ties: 85
• Cost and Life: 86
• CHAPTER VI: 89
• Steel Ties: 90
• Carnegie Steel Tie: 91
• Universal Steel Tie: 92
• Other Steel Ties: 93
• Life of Steel Ties: 95
• Composite Ties: 96
• Snyder steel tie composite tie: 97
• Concrete Ties: 98
• ECONOMICS OF TIES 74 Total Capitalization: 99
• Annual Cost: 101
• Equivalent Cost: 103
• CHAPTER VII: 105
• Early History of Wood Preserving: 106
• Growth of the Industry: 107
• General Considerations: 108
• Ties in seasoningyard at timbertreating plant: 109
• Preservatives: 110
• Creosote: 112
• Lowry Process: 113
• Boiling Process: 114
• Zinc Chloride: 115
• Creosote and Zinc Chloride Combined: 117
• Opentank and Brush Processes of Treating: 118
• Plan of the woodpreserving plant of the Canada Creosoting Co Ltd Tren: 119
• Woodpreserving Plants: 120
• Timber Piles: 122
• Life of Timber Piles: 125
• CHAPTER VIII: 127
• Development of the Present Sections: 128
• Vignole rail of the Paris Lyons and Mediterranean Railway: 131
• Chemical Composition: 132
• Alloysteel Rails: 133
• Manufacture: 134
• Different stages in the rolling of a rail: 135
• Sound Ingots: 136
• Branding: 137
• Inspection: 138
• Tests: 140
• Special Sections: 141
• Length: 142
• Rail Failures: 143
• Rail showing segregation and otherwise unsound steeltoo little cropping of the ingot: 144
• Crushed headunsound steel: 145
• Longitudinal fissure in headunsound steel: 146
• Classification for Track Purposes: 147
• Life and Wear: 148
• Girder Rails: 150
• CHAPTER IX: 151
• Types of Joints: 152
• Splicejoints: 153
• Types of Joint or Splicebars: 154
• A S C E angle splicebar for 90lb rail: 155
• Duquesne splicebar for 90lb A S C E rail: 156
• Bonzano joint for 100lb P S rail: 157
• Weber joint on frictionless rail D L W R R: 158
• RAILANCHORS: 159
• Weight of Splicebars: 160
• Stepjoints: 161
• Welded Joints: 162
• Insulated Joints: 163
• Improved Neafie insulated joint D L W R R: 164
• Railjoints at the Ends of Steel Bridges: 165
• Trackbolts and Nuts: 166
• Nutlocks and locknuts: 167
• Nutlocks and Locknuts: 168
• CHAPTER X: 169
• Development of Tieplates: 170
• Classification of Tieplates: 171
• Description of Plates in Use: 172
• Sellers Anchor Bottom tieplate: 173
• Transverseflange tieplates: 174
• Flat and cushionbottom tieplates: 175
• Hookshoulder tieplate D L W R R: 176
• Combination and Compound Plates: 177
• Installation of Tieplates: 178
• Common Spikes: 179
• Material Weight and Strength of Common Spikes: 180
• Installation and Wear of Common Spikes: 181
• Tieplugs: 182
• Screwspikes: 183
• Installation Maintenance and Service of Screwspikes: 184
• PAGE: 185
• Rail Creeping: 187
• Railanchors: 188
• P M railanchor: 189
• Positive railanchor: 190
• Economy in the Use of Railanchors: 191
• OTHER TRACK FASTENINGS 149 Railbraces: 192
• Guardrails: 193
• Arrangement of guardrails at ends of bridges: 194
• Railchairs: 195
• Shims: 196
• Tiebars: 197
• CHAPTER XI: 198
• Diagram showing the effect of incorrect counterbalance: 199
• Diagram of rail pressure Mogultype locomotive: 200
• The Effect of Irregularities in the Track: 201
• The Effect of Irregularities in the Rollingstock: 202
• Flat spots in carwheels: 203
• Rocking of the Locomotive on Its Springs: 207
• Total Dynamic Augment: 209
• Example: 210
• Stresses in the Rail: 211
• Stresses in the Track Fastenings: 212
• Stresses in the Tie: 213
• Exaggerated condition of tie under load: 214
• Pressure on the Ballast: 216
• Pressure on the Subgrade: 217
• Pressure on the subgrade transverse to the track: 218
• CHAPTER XII: 220
• Locomotive Axle Loads: 223
• Car Axle Loads: 224
• Speed of Trains: 225
• Special Types of Track: 227
• Special Track in Tunnels: 228
• Trackconstruction in the Detroit River tunnels New York Central Lines: 229
• English Track on the Pennsylvania Railroad: 230
• CHAPTER XIII: 231
• Mileposts and signs: 232
• Signs Used to Mark Special Points: 233
• Section telegraphpole and property signs: 234
• Stateline and elevation posts: 235
• Location of bridgenumber signs: 236
• Bridgenumber signs: 237
• Fixed Signals: 238
• Fixedsignal signs: 239
• Fixedsignal signs: 240
• Danger Warning Awardsigns and Stationname Sings: 241
• Highwaycrossing signs: 242
• Warning award and stationsigns: 243
• Fences: 244
• Metal fences: 245
• Rightofway fences and gates: 246
• Wingfences and Stockguards: 247
• General plan of wingfences and cattle or stockguards: 248
• Stockguards: 249
• Highway Crossings: 250
• Snowfences: 251
• Snowfences: 252
• CHAPTER XIV: 254
• Watertanks: 255
• Watercolumns: 256
• Tracktanks: 257
• Watercolumn: 258
• Tracktanks: 259
• Coaling Stations: 260
• Chute coaling station for four enginetracks N P Ry: 261
• Mechanical coaling station N T R: 262
• Sand for Locomotives: 263
• Ashpit C M St P Ry: 264
• Trackscale: 266
• Enginehouses: 267
• Turntables and Wye tracks: 269
• Turntables: 271
• Maintenanceofway Buildings: 272
• Sectionhouse: 273
• Stockyards: 278
• Stationbuildings: 280
• Snowsheds: 282
• Bumpingposts and Carstops: 283
• Telltales: 285
• Mailcranes: 286
• Miscellaneous Accessories: 287
• CHAPTER XV: 291
• Protection of Iron and Steel Structures: 292
• Solidfloor Bridges: 293
• Types of Ballast Decks for Trestles: 296
• Superelevation on Bridges: 298
• Pile and Frame Trestle Bridges: 301
• Pipe Culverts: 304
• Arch Culverts: 305
• Box Culverts and Open Drains: 309
• CHAPTER XVI: 311
• Switches Allowing Continuous Main Rails: 314
• Frogs: 315
• Rigid Frogs: 317
• Springrail Frogs: 318
• Movablepoint and Special Frogs: 320
• Crossings: 321
• Guardrails: 322
• Derailing Switches and Derails: 325
• The Design of Turnouts: 328
• Locating Turnouts: 329
• Switchstands: 334
• CHAPTER XVII: 336
• Shimming: 337
• Ditching: 338
• Renewing Ties: 339
• Ballasting: 343
• Surfacing: 344
• Superelevation: 345
• Lining: 347
• Clearing Cleaning and Policing: 348
• Miscellaneous Maintenance Work: 349
• Inspection of Track: 350
• Maintenanceofway Painting: 351
• Inspection of Bridges: 352
• Inspection of Buildings: 354
• Removal of Snow and Ice: 355
• CHAPTER XVIII: 358
• Tools for the Sectiongang: 359
• Tools for Handling Ties: 362
• Tools for Handling Rails: 363
• Tools for Handling Track and Track Fastenings: 369
• Trackgages and Tracklevels: 372
• Miscellaneous Tools: 374
• Roadway and Track Supplies: 376
• Handcars Handvelocipedes and Pushcars: 377
• Motorcars for Maintenance Work: 379
• Work Equipment: 380
• Snowhandling Machines: 387
• Rental of Equipment: 388
• CHAPTER XIX: 389
• Track General and Construction Forms: 390
• Accounting and Record Forms: 392
• Maps and Profiles: 394
• Rightofway and Track Map: 396
• Profiles: 397
• Conventional Signs: 399
• Storehouses: 400
• CHAPTER XX: 405
• Primary Accounts of Road: 406
• Maintenance of Way and Structures: 411
• Classification of the Cost of Repairs: 412
• Primary Accounts of Maintenance of Way and Structures: 413
• CHAPTER XXI: 417
• Maintenance of Structures Program: 418
• Maintenance of Way Program: 421
• Execution of the Work: 422
• INDEX: 425

Popular passages

Page 17 - The use of intoxicants by employes while on duty is prohibited. Their use, or the frequenting of places where they are sold, is sufficient cause for dismissal.‎

Page 136 - The number of the heat and a letter indicating the portion of the ingot from which the rail was made shall be plainly stamped on the web of each rail, where it will not be covered by the splice bars. The top rails shall be lettered "A...‎

Page 21 - No (4) They shall employ men as the (.™le.). directs. They must treat employes with consideration, and see that they properly perform their duties. They must discharge men who are incompetent or neglect their duties, but in no case shall they discharge men without cause. They must keep the required records of the time of their men and of the materials used.‎

Page 403 - I. MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND STRUCTURES. II. MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. III. TRAFFIC EXPENSES. IV. TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES. V. GENERAL EXPENSES.‎

Page 206 - The longer the span length the slower is the critical speed and therefore the maximum impact on long spans will occur at slower speeds than on short spans. (4) For short spans, such that the critical speed is not reached by the moving train, the impact percentage tends to be constant so far as the effect of the counterbalance is concerned, but the effect of rough track and wheels becomes of greater importance for such spans. (5) The impact as determined by extensometer...‎

Page 19 - ... (4) They shall, as necessary, employ men for carrying out the duties for which they are responsible. (5) They must know that foremen are familiar with the operating rules in regard to train signals and flagging, and that they fully understand and comply with them.‎

Page 78 - Timbers shall show one side all heart; the other side and two edges shall show not less than 75 per cent, heart, measured across the surface anywhere in the length of the piece.‎

Page 20 - Unless otherwise directed, they shall be responsible for the proper inspection and safe condition of the track and roadway under their charge, and shall do no work thereon that will interfere with the safe passage of trains, except under proper protection. 3. They must go over their sections, or send a reliable man, with suitable tools, at least once a day to make a thorough inspection, to see that the track, highway crossings, signals, culverts, bridges, fences, telegraph lines, etc., are in safe...‎

Page 111 - The oil used shall be the best obtainable grade of coal-tar creosote ; that is, it shall be a pure product obtained from coal gas tar or coke oven tar and shall be free from any tar...‎

Page 21 - Company, engaged in the performance of duty, to ride thereon. They must not permit, except by proper authority, the running of hand or velocipede cars belonging to private parties over the tracks of the Company. (13) During heavy storms, whether by day or night, whereby the track or any portion of the Company's property becomes liable to damage, foremen and trackmen must be on duty; and at such times they must go over their sections to make sure that the track is safe, taking danger signals with...‎

Bibliographic information

• Title: Maintenance of Way and Structures
• Author: William Clyde Willard
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill book comapny, Incorporated, 1915
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Oct 25, 2007
• ISBN: 0598627618, 9780598627612
• Length: 451 pages
• Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Civil / Transportation