The Railway Engineer, 1905, Vol. 26

Download or read book The Railway Engineer, 1905, Vol. 26 written by S. Richardson Blundstone and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railway Engineer, 1905, Vol. 26: An Illustrated Monthly Review of the Construction, Machinery, and Administration of Railways The expenditure was increased by in (a) repairing damage done by floods in the North; (b the necessary relay ing of parts of the permanent way and t e securing of second hand rails for the Glencoe line; (c) an exceptional outlay in improving the condition of engines, and a small recoup W1th a view of replacing worn out rolling-stock and (d) the purchase of 13 locomotives boilers. The traffic expenses and general charges show a slight reduction. During the year the tonnage carried in connection with the Barrier fields amounted to being an increase of and the total receipts from all traffic passing through Cockburn amounted to being an increase of 2 3, 322. For the first time during the past four years the tonnage of ore dispatched from the barrier shows an increase, which, it is believed, will be maintained in the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.