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Concrete in Railroad Construction, A Treatise on Concrete for Railroad Engineers
Concrete in Railroad Construction, A Treatise on Concrete for Railroad Engineers and Contractors
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
228 pages
Copyright 2010 REPRINT 1909 Atlas Postland Cement Company
A treatise on concrete for railroad engineers and contractors
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.-RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
Cost 11
Safety 12
Durability 12
Freedom from Vibration. 12
Fire Resistance 12
Versatility of Design 13
Water Tightness 13
Alterations 13
Strengthening Old Masonry 13
Foundations. 13
CHAPTER II.-DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
Cement 15
Sand 15
Fine Aggregate 15
Broken Stone and Gravel 16
Coarse Aggregate 16
Steel 16
Proportions 18
Mixing 18
Consistency 19
Placing 19
Joints 20
Surfaces 20
Forms 20
Waterproofing 20
Design of Plain Concrete 21
Bending Moments. 21
Design of Reinforced Concrete 22
Working Stresses. 23
CHAPTER III.-BRIDGES.
Arch Bridges 28
Solid Filled Spandrels 28
Skeleton Spandrel Construction 28
Expansion Joints 30
Waterproofing 30
Jackson Street Arch, C. R. R. of N. J. 30
Paulins Kill Viaduct, D., L. & W. R. R 34
Vermillion River Bridge, C., C., C. & St. L. Ry 36
Wallkill River Viaduct, E. & J. R. R 38
Girder Bridges 39
C., B. & Q. R. R. Track Elevation Work. 41
Through Girder Bridge, C., B. & Q. R. R 45
Trestles 45
Richmond Viaduct of the Richmond & Chesapeake Bay Railway 45
Concrete Pile Trestles, C., B., & Q. R. R 51
Concrete Pier Trestles, C., B. & Q. R. R. 53
Overhead Railway Bridges 54
Overhead Highway Bridge No. 19.31, D., L. & W. R. R 54
First Avenue Viaduct, L. I. R. R 57
Bridge Floors. 60
Bridge Floors, C., B. & Q. R. R 61
Reinforced Concrete Bridge Floors, D., L. & W. R. R. 62
CHAPTER IV.-CULVERTS
Table of Data for 4 to 20-Foot Span Culverts 67
Example of Culvert Construction 68
Standard Pipe Culverts, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 68
Standard 3-Foot Arch Culvert, D., L. & W. R. R 69
Indian Creek Culvert, K. C., M. & O. Ry 69
Eighteen-Foot Arch Culvert, Bangor & Aroostook R. R 73
Thirty-Foot Culvert, C., M. & St. P. Ry 75
Horse Shoe Culvert. 75
Piers 77
Standard Piers, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 78
Raising Grade of Old Masonry Piers 79
Reinforced Piers, K. C., M. & O. Ry 80
Abutments 81
Plain Abutments. 81
Reinforced Abutments 81
Van Cortlandt Ave. Abutments, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 81
Third Street Abutments, K. C., M. & O. Ry 84
CHAPTER VI.-RETAINING WALLS.
Table for Design of T-Type Retaining Walls 89
Table for Design of Counterfort-Type Retaining Wall 91
Examples of Retaining Walls 93
Standard Gravity Retaining Wall, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 93
Reinforced Retaining Walls, C., B. & Q. R. R 94
Reinforced Buttress Retaining Walls, D., L. & W. R. R 97
CHAPTER VII.-STATIONS, TRAIN SHEDS AND PLATFORMS.
Scarsdale Station, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 99
Marathon Station, D., L. & W. R. R 101
O'Fallon Station, Wabash R. R 101
Trainsheds 103
Hoboken Terminal Train Shed, D., L. & W. R. R 103
Platforms 105
Standard Concrete Platforms at Stations, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 105
Station Platforms, B. R. T. Co 106
Electric Zone Standard Platforms, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 109
CHAPTER VIII.-COAL AND SAND STATIONS AND ASH-HANDLING PLANTS.
Concord Coal and Sand Station, N. & W. Ry 112
Ash-Handling Plants 115
Hoboken Coal Trestle, D., L. & W. R. R.... 117
Roundhouses 121
Foundations and Pits. 121
Roof 121
Supporting Columns 121
Outer Walls 121
Table Showing Comparison of Cost of Different Types of Roundhouses 122
Costs 123
Waterbury Roundhouse, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R 123
Turntable Pits 127
Standard Pit, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 127
CHAPTER X.-SIGNAL TOWERS, WATER TANK SUPPORTS AND BUMPING POSTS.
Signal Towers. 129
Naugatuck Tower, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R 129
Kings Bridge Tower, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 131
Grove Street Signal Tower, D., L. & W. R. R 132
Water Tank Supports. 135
Water Tank Support at Waterbury, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R 135
Bumping Posts 138
Standard Concrete Bumping Posts, D., L. & W. R. R 138
CHAPTER XI.-POWER STATIONS, SHOPS, WAREHOUSES AND GRAIN ELEVATORS.
Power Stations . 141
Cos Cob Power Plant, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R 141
Shops and Warehouses. 146
N. O. & G. N. R. R. Shop and Store House, Bogalusa, La 146
Mott Haven Car Shops, N. Y. C. & H. R. R 147
Newark Warehouse, C. R. R. of N. J 148
Port Morris Boiler House, D., L. & W. R. R 149
Loading Platform, Sioux City, la 149
Grain Elevators. 151
CHAPTER XII.-STORAGE RESERVOIRS.
Cos Cob Storage Reservoir.. 155
Pittsburg Storage Reservoir 159
CHAPTER XIII.-Docks.
Hoboken Pier No. 7, D., L. & W. R. R 161
Almirante Wharf, Bocas Del Toro, Panama 163
CHAPTER XIV.-TUNNELS AND TUNNEL LINING.
Standard Tunnel Sections, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R 168
Standard Tunnel Facade 173
New Bergen Hill Tunnel, D., L. & W. R. R 173
CHAPTER XV.-CONCRETE TIES AND ROADBEDS.
Ties 175
Concrete Roadbeds 178
Roadbed Construction of the New Bergen Hill Tunnel, D., L. & W. R. R 180
CHAPTER XVI.-TELEGRAPH POLES, POWER TRANSMISSION POLES AND TOWERS
Telegraph Poles. 187
Telegraph Poles, P., L. W. of P 190
Tickler Poles, N., C. & St. L. Ry 191
Power Transmission Poles and Towers 191
Brownsville Transmission Towers 192
CHAPTER XVII.-POSTS AND FENCES.
Fence Posts 196
Standard Concrete Fence Posts, N. Y. C. &H R. R. R 197
Dellwood Park Fence Posts, C. & J. Ry 197
Concrete Fence Posts, B. & O. R. R 200
Mile Posts. 201
Whistle Posts 202
Clearance Posts 202
Property Line Posts 202
Fences 204
Platform Fences 204
INTRODUCTION
Economy in railroad construction demands permanent structures. Materials must be used therefore which as far as possible are proof against the deteriorating and destructive influences of the elements and of vibration, so as to resist corrosion, decay and fire, and the gradual weakening due to continual, severe and constantly growing service. At the same time the materials must possess requisite strength for present and future traffic combined with cheapness and facility of construction.
The advent of reinforced concrete, possessing as it undoubtedly does in a marked degree all these qualities combined with a wide range of possible uses and versatility of design, has been of the greatest importance to railroad engineers.
To illustrate the best of present day practice, The Atlas Portland Cement Company takes this opportunity to present to the railroad world at large a brief treatise on concrete in railroad construction, with a view of giving a comprehensive idea of the diversity of the concrete structures in actual existence on railroad lines throughout the country and of the future possibilities of this material in the field of railroad engineering.
Realizing that the treatment of this subject demanded the attention of an expert authority the work was entrusted to Mr. Sanford E. Thompson, M. Am. Soc. C. E., one of the foremost concrete experts in the country. The Atlas Portland Cement Company, occupying as it does a somewhat unique position among cement manufacturers, with its wide reputation for a thoroughly uniform and standard product, its selection by the United States government to furnish 4,500,00o barrels for use in building the Panama Canal, and its immense production-over 40,000 barrels per day-commends the book to its readers with the hope that it may prove a fitting sequel to the former publications of the company-"Concrete Construction About the Home and on the Farm," "Concrete Cottages," "Concrete Country Residences," "Reinforced Concrete in Factory Construction" and "Concrete in Highway Construction."
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Concrete in Railroad Construction is not so much a textbook on the engineering specifications behind the use of concrete but instead a marketing tool intended to promote the use of engineered concrete structures as an alternative to wood, iron, and steel. As such, it provided an overview of myriad applications for what was then a relatively innovative material. The 200-plus-page book was written for two primary audiences: the intended audience, which comprised railroad officials and engineers (the "slide-rule" variety); and, unknowingly, model railroaders.
Fortunately for the model railroader, the author was correct when he introduced the book by observing that "economy in railroad construction demands permanent structures." Translated into modeling terms, that means structures built back in the first decade of the 20th century, when this book was originally published, tended to still be around throughout the age of steam and well into the diesel era. Many of the examples he cited are with us today. One, the almost unbelievably massive Paulins Kill Viaduct used by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (and later Erie Lackawanna and Conrail) to vault over the stream of that name in western New Jersey, is just down the highway from my home. (The tracks were pulled up in 1984, 73 years after its completion, but may be re-laid to accommodate a commuter line from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River.) This book is therefore potentially useful to a modeler whose railroad depicts any era from around 1900 through today.
The real value of this book, however, is in the many photos and dimensioned drawings of concrete structures ranging from fence posts and telegraph poles to depots, roundhouses, coal docks, and of course, bridges and culverts of every description and size. Model railroaders, and especially manufacturers of model railroad kits and detail parts, are in my view much too eager to reinvent the wheel by using their own fanciful designs to produce models of structures, tunnel portals, and bridge piers and abutments.
Fortunately, and right in time to support the trend toward more faithful modeling of full-size railroads, the National Model Railroad Association has reprinted three reference books originally aimed at the professional railroader but invaluable to the prototype modeler or prototype-based freelancer. You hold one of them in your hand. (The previous two covered logging and lumber.) We hope you enjoy poring over the pages of this reprint of a rare and valuable reference book, and that many of your modeling projects are therefore not only easier but also more authentic and hence rewarding.
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