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Railroad engineering / William W. Hay.
LIBRA TF200 .H38 1982
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hay, William Walter, 1908-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroad engineering.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 758 pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Wiley, [1982]
- Summary:
- A revision of the classic text on railroad engineering, considered the bible'' of the field for three decades. Presents railroad engineering principles quantitatively but without excessive resort to mathematics, and applies these principles to day-by-day design, construction, operation, and maintenance. Relates practice to principles in an orderly, sequential pattern (subgrade, ballast, ties, rails). Applicable to both conventional railroads and rapid transit systems.
- Notes:
- "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0471364002
- OCLC:
- 8114144
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