Design of a Gravity Railroad Switching Yard

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Excerpt from Design of a Gravity Railroad Switching Yard: ThesisYards and Sidings compose a large part of any mode orn railroad system, and the speed at which traffic can be handled is in direct ratio to the effectiveness of their de sign and operation. A car when on the road travels at an average rate of ten miles per hour, but, when time detained in yards is added, this speed is reduced to four miles per hour, which fact alone demonstrates the inefficiency of the average switching yard, and also the vast room for improve ment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.