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... Western 77 Continuous Bearings on Croydon Railway Flanch of the Wheel - Carriage Axle and Bearings · 1 86 90 97 Carriage Springs Gauge or Width between the Rails Railway passing Places , Points , and Crossings - 100 - 105 - 108 Danger ...
... Western 77 Continuous Bearings on Croydon Railway Flanch of the Wheel - Carriage Axle and Bearings · 1 86 90 97 Carriage Springs Gauge or Width between the Rails Railway passing Places , Points , and Crossings - 100 - 105 - 108 Danger ...
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... Western railway , which crosses it about a mile from Wandsworth , affording an example of the advancement made in the last forty years . The Surrey tram - way was formed at a period before edge rails had come into general use : hence ...
... Western railway , which crosses it about a mile from Wandsworth , affording an example of the advancement made in the last forty years . The Surrey tram - way was formed at a period before edge rails had come into general use : hence ...
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... Western , Manchester and Birmingham , Edinburgh and Glasgow , & c . Stone blocks are sometimes placed diagonally opposite each other , and sometimes at right angles to the line of road . Fig . 29. is a ground plan , showing the modes of ...
... Western , Manchester and Birmingham , Edinburgh and Glasgow , & c . Stone blocks are sometimes placed diagonally opposite each other , and sometimes at right angles to the line of road . Fig . 29. is a ground plan , showing the modes of ...
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... Western , cross sleepers through- out 9 feet long , scantling 10 by 4 inches ; Edin- burgh and Glasgow , 9 feet long , scantling 10 by 41 ; Manchester and Birmingham , 9 feet ; Man- chester and Leeds , 9 feet , scantling 11 by 5 ...
... Western , cross sleepers through- out 9 feet long , scantling 10 by 4 inches ; Edin- burgh and Glasgow , 9 feet long , scantling 10 by 41 ; Manchester and Birmingham , 9 feet ; Man- chester and Leeds , 9 feet , scantling 11 by 5 ...
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... Western , the North Eastern , and others ; and several of the lines now forming , are being laid entirely on cross sleepers , as the North British , and others . There still , however , hangs over this point of railway formation ...
... Western , the North Eastern , and others ; and several of the lines now forming , are being laid entirely on cross sleepers , as the North British , and others . There still , however , hangs over this point of railway formation ...
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