Now available as ebook: Locomotive Engine Running And Management

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Forester1

Well-known member

• Jul 11, 2020

• #1

This ebook is new at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/62609/62609-h/62609-h.htm . It is by Angus Sinclair in 1884:
If you want downloadable format use this link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62609
[h=1]LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE
RUNNING AND MANAGEMENT:[/h]

 

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JCitron

Trainzing since 12-2003

• Jul 11, 2020

• #2

Thanks. I had one on surveying but I lost the file and the link to it in a hard disk crash sometime ago. I have to go look for that one again too because that has some really useful information on surveying principles and processes.

 

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KotangaGirl

Pre-Grouping Railways Nut

• Jul 11, 2020

• #3

An interesting old book John, - thanks for posting the link.

 

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Forester1

Well-known member

• Jul 11, 2020

• #4

On a whim, I searched for "Surveying" on the site. I did not find a textbook, but one of the hits was "The U. P. Trail" by Zane Grey. It is a classic fictional western, but fans of the book say it could almost be classed as historic fiction because of the amount of research Grey did into the building of the railway. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4684

 

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JCitron

Trainzing since 12-2003

• Jul 12, 2020

• #5

Forester1 said:

On a whim, I searched for "Surveying" on the site. I did not find a textbook, but one of the hits was "The U. P. Trail" by Zane Grey. It is a classic fictional western, but fans of the book say it could almost be classed as historic fiction because of the amount of research Grey did into the building of the railway. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4684

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I'll have to check that out. These were on Google books, not the Project Gütenberg.

Here's the one I downloaded before from the International Correspondence School - 1903. There are other parts of this series up there as well.

https://www.google.com/books/editio...v=1&dq=Surveying+railroad&printsec=frontcover

Here's another one I also found.
https://books.google.com/books?id=s...hUKEwii55KUwMbqAhVUknIEHbzFCdwQ6AEwAXoECAcQAg

The search comes up on page 98, but you can download the whole book by clicking on View all first.

Imagine taking a mail-away course in railway surveying!

 

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JCitron

Trainzing since 12-2003

• Jul 12, 2020

• #6

Here's another good one on surveying.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Q...hUKEwjR-u3Z0MbqAhUFl3IEHfstC10Q6wEwAHoECAQQAQ

 

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Forester1

Well-known member

• Jul 12, 2020

• #7

It is interesting what you get when you do a search on Project Gutenberg. I just searched on "railroad" and got a couple of manuals on railroad construction. None on surveying. There is also an interesting book on the GWR and a few more on English railways.