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The Proper Compensation for Railroad Curves
My attention was first called to the subject of the proper compensation for curves on the location of the Veta Pass lin–3 feet gauge–in 1876, where it was necessary to use a maximum grade of 4 percent and a maximum curvature of 30 degrees of angular deflection per hundred feet (radius, 1932/10 feet). A study of the authority on the subject, which at that time, if I recollect, was Vose's Manual, led us to adhere to the sliding scale, making the compensation proportional to the radius of the curve.
The Proper Compensation for Railroad Curves
My attention was first called to the subject of the proper compensation for curves on the location of the Veta Pass lin–3 feet gauge–in 1876, where it was necessary to use a maximum grade of 4 percent and a maximum curvature of 30 degrees of angular deflection per hundred feet (radius, 1932/10 feet). A study of the authority on the subject, which at that time, if I recollect, was Vose's Manual, led us to adhere to the sliding scale, making the compensation proportional to the radius of the curve.
The Proper Compensation for Railroad Curves
Morley, William R. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 13 ; 181-188
2021-01-01
81884-01-01 pages
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