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Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States (1883)

Vose, George L. (George Leonard), 1831-1910 · Boston : Lee and Shepard · leaf 397

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Fig- 154-arrangement for a double crossing, and Fig. 155 the connectionbetween a main track and two side tracks. The switch consistsof one length of rails made movable at one end, and so attachedto a suitable lever that they may connect with either line of 372 MANUAL FOR RAILROAD ENGINEERS. … rails upon which a train is to be run. The simple switch leavesone line of rails always open, while the other line is continuous.To avoid this defect, by which numerous disasters have occurred,a variety of plans have been designed. The Tyler Switch con-sists of a long set of castings, so arranged…

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