PERMANENT  WAY 

ROLLING  STOCK 


AND 


TECHNICAL  WORKING 


RAILWAYS. 


FOLLOWED    BY    AN    APPENDIX    ON    WORKS    OF  ART, 


BX 


CM.  COUCHE, 

Inspector  General  of  Mines,  Professor  of  Railway  and  General  Construction  at  the  School  of  Mines,  Paris, 

etc.,  etc. 


VOLUME  I,  WITH  ATLAS  OF  38  PLATES 


TRANSLATED    FROM    THE  FRENCH 

BY 

JAMES    N-    S  H  O  O  L  B  R  E  D.  —  b.  a. 
Mem  Inst,  G.  E.  —  F.  G.  S. 


Vol.  1,  in-quarto,  with  Atlas,  —  Price,  £  2.  —  The  Whole  to  be  completed  in  four  Volumes. 


DULAU  &  C°  —  LONDON 

37,  SOHO  SQUARE 


DUNOD  —  PARIS 

49,  QUA1  DES  AUGUSTINS 


The  rights  of  translation  and  reproduction  are  reserved 


PLATES 


THE    FIRST  VOLUME 


PERMANENT  WAY 


plL  I.  —  Experiments  on  the  resistance  of  rails. — Punching  Machine. 

PlL  11.  —  Sections  of  rails. 

Pli  III,  —  Sections  of  rails.  —  Distribution  of  cant  in  curves. 

PI ,j  IV.  —  Joint-fastenings. 

Pi]  V  —  Fastenings. 

pjj  VI.  —  Joint-fastenings. — •  Longitudinal  Sleepers. 

t 

p|  j  VII.  —  Adzing  and  laying  of  sleepers. 

\*\\  VI!!.  —  Strains  on  the  metal  in  rails,  and  in  fish-plates.  —  Laying  the  line  in  curves.  —  Metallic  permanent  way 

pi.  IX  —  Metallic  permanent  way. 

pi.;  \  —  Metallic  permanent  way. — Ordinary  rail.  — Composite  rail. 

p|,  XI.  —  Metallic  permanent  way.  —  Gates. 

Pi  XII.  —  Gates. 

PI  XIII.  —  Injection  of  Sleepers.  —  Buffers.  —  Movable  Stop-blocks.  —  Longitudinal  Guards  against  running  off. 

PI  XIV.  — Grossing  Rivers  without  change  of  Carriage. 

PI  XV  .  —  Floating  Bridge  on  the  Rhine  between  Baden  and  Maximiliansau  (Rhenish  Bavaria). 

pj  XVI.  —  Floating  Bridge  on  the  Rhine  between  Maxau  (Baden)  and  Maximiliansau  (Rhenish  Bavaria). 


PL 

TIT  7  w  y»  w 

XVII. 

—  Northern  of  France.  -—  Suppression  of  Crossings  of  lines  outside  terminus  at  Paris 

PI. 

XVIIL 

—  Junction  with  Manufactories. 

PL 

XIX. 

—  Through  Crossings, 

PL 

XX. 

—  Points  and  Crossings. 

PL 

XXL 

—  Points  and  Crossings. 

PL 

XXII. 

—  Steel  points  and  Crossings.  —  Details  and  fixing. 

PL 

XXIII. 

—  Details  of  Crossings. 

PL 

XXIV. 

—  Points  and  Crossings.  —  Details  and  fixing. 

PL 

XXV. 

—  Turntables. 

PL 

XXVI. 

—  Turntables. 

PL 

XXVII. 

—  Turntables  for  Engine  and  Tender. 

PL 

XXVIII. 

—  Turntable  for  Engine  and  Tender. 

PL 

XXIX. 

—  Turntable  for  Engine  and  Tender. 

'■"VI 

PL 

XXX. 

—  Carriage  Shed  Traversers. 

PL 

XXXI. 

—  Traversers  on  the  level. 

PL 

XXXII. 

—  Manufacture  of  rails.  — Cementation  of  non-symmetrical  rails. 

PL 

XXXIII. 

—  Type  Sections.  —  Drainage  of  Cuttings. 

PL 

XXXIV. 

—  Settlement  and  Drainage  of  Slopes. 

PL 

XXXV. 

—  Drainage  of  Cuttings,  Embankments  and  Tunnels, 

PL 

XXXVI. 

—  Connection  between  Railways  at  Battersea,  near  London. 

PL 

XXXVII. 

—  Locking  Apparatus  for  Point  and  Signal  levers. 

PL 

XXXVIII. 

—  Supplement. 

Paris.  —  Imp.  Arnous  de  Hiviftre,  rue  Racine,  26. 


(  .  COUCHE.  on  Railways. 


PERMANENT  WAY.-  EXPERIMENTS  ON  THE  RESISTANCE  OF  RAILS —  PUNCHING  MACHINE . 


I'l.  I. 


Fiq*.  1.  Elevation 


Lever  Press 


Fi\r.  2 


Height  of  fall  of 

6  wl  Monkey 
Five  blows  *t  2.  4. 


Resistance  to  concussion 


Influence  -of  temperature . 


»      »  » 


2.  2, 


»  2  .  0. 


»       »  » 


1.  10: 


»      »  I  8. 


»      »  » 


I.  6. 


»  » 


»   1.  *. 


»       »  » 


>  * 
1.  8. 


it 


6 


»  1.  0. 


»       »       »  » 


D«f  lections. 


10. 


1 


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1? 


2".J  Series. 


7* 


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Height  8.  2- 


7.5. 


Fio-.  6 , 


Is.1  Series. 


6.7: 


5.  9. 


k.  2. 


4.1. 


*•  3.3. 


2.6. 


1.  8. 


.  10 


*-tt**aasiijsi'sHs}<U#i tMLlbki %  iiikiiiiixAis-i  Deflections 


C  Fio-.  I  to  4.) 


Fi(r .  3 . 


Front  View. 


Fur.  j..  Section. 


fur.  5.        Chair  of  Western  of  France  R*. 


Portable 
rail  punching  press 

(Fi£.BahdlA). 

lytms  andMediUrraiieaiiB.i'. 


Section. 


N 


Section  through 
T  V. 


Press  tor  punching  rails.  (  Fig',  fi .  to  12.)   Lyons  and  Medrten-ane an  R* 


Fio;.  12 . 

AAmn~t  of  '•■■-'ho . 


Section  befor«  punching 

nfurn  of  puncher- 


Fig'-  io.  Plan 


FlQMl-      Section  after  punching. 


Scales  f  Fig-  t  to  4.) 
t  1  1  1  1 


i 


Inches  5  t  t~ 

Inches  &  1  i  


Fig.  13. 


Fig.  8  :o  12. 


18  Incliei.. 

1  Feet, 
i  Feet. 


SECTIONS  OF  RAILS. 


C.  COUCHE .  on  Railways 


PI.  .11. 


S  Of  RAILS.  —  DISTRIBUTION  OF  CANT  Is  CURVES  . 


PL  III. 


C.  COUCHE,  on  Railways. 


C.  COUCHE  .  on  Railways 


PERMANENT   WAY- FASTENINGS 


in.v. 


(*.  COUCHK.  on  Railways 


PERMANENT  WAY_J0iNT  FASTI  IWGS-LONGI 


PERMANENT  WAY^ ADZING  AND  LAYING  OF  SLEEPERS. 


CHE  .    oa  Railways  . 


STRAINS  ON  THE  METAL  II 


AND  IN  THE  FISH  K.        LAYINC  THE  LINE  IN  CURVES^.*  ETA  LUC  fERMANENT  WAY. 


Fig-  1. 


Group . 


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C.  COIK'HE.  on  Railways  . 


METALLIC  PERMANENT  WAY. 


.  Pl.DC. 


C.  COLK'HK,  on  Railwavs. 


Fi^v,  a  .:>actiori  through  Ar, 


Rail  1  eve] 


Fio\  i.      Joint      Sleet)  er 


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METALLIC    PERMANENT   WAY  -  ORDINARY  RAIL  -  COMPOSITE  RAIL 


Iron     Sleepers    Jbr   Vigi-ioies    Rail,    on    the    Paris      Lyons    and  Mediterranean    RailS      ' Fur.  i  to  -j  0> 


Fitr.4-    Sleeper    next  jomt. 


Fii>\  5  .Sectiprv  through  hp 


Fig\  s3.   Key  (  V?.  11 


Fur.  8. 
Section,  thr ough tilt 


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Fio-.  17.    Intermediate   Sleeper        (  87  lbs.  ' 


Stop  Wedge 
for  sleeper  next  Joint 


75*. 


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Firr-.  18. 


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I  Fit. 


G.  COUOIE  .  on  Kailwavs. 


Fly.  1.        (^-Of! a&i'tir 


Fi«»" .  tin  - 

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intermediate  Siespe. 
Grose  Section 


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sleeper 


ho-. !«) 


tiro 


Section,  throii^b  joint  sleep  „ . 


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«;tion.  CP- 


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¥iq\  a5  Hu>.  find  washer 


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Section  through,  inter  med  rA.le  sleeper  . 
Pavels  for  end  plat*  clasp  *    *  —■, 


End  plate  for  mler  mediate  sleeper 

Section  through  .W.  „,  ,4, 

*  *-   *L°S  * 


tip-,  itf.     (!«:neral  longitudinal  sn-tn'i    t"  7oi:it.  «!enur 


Fio\  16 


METALLIC  PERMANENT  WAY— GATES 


PI  XI 


fl£\  »9-  Swing  to  t 


oua',8  sjafc,  v/orkei  by  hand,  on  the  Dieaze  to  Avricourt  section,  of  the  Eastern  of  France  R? 

•  Fiq\  27. 

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C.COUCHE.  Oi»  Railways. 


PERMANENT  WAY  GATES. 


Ft.  AH. 


C.  COUHIE    on  Railways 


INJECTION  OF  SLEEPERS_  BUFFERS  —  MOVEABLE  STOlP  |LOCKS_  LONGITUDINAL  GUARDS  AGAINST  RUNNING  OFF. 


PL  XIII 


General  elevation 
Ike  apparatus 

Fig-,  l. 


Injection,  of  sleepers 

Fi<r.  6 .  Lower  Vat 

T  4-"  - 


Fiq*.  2.  Upper  Vat 

\   s'.r- 


Arrangement  of  a.  sleeper  . 


TirnLer  Buffers  w.tk  Lacking  of   earthwork     I  Fig\  ifl  to  24.) 


Moveable  stop_block  on  Eastern  of  France  RJ  (  Fig-.  23  lo  28 


FlO*  SO  ■  Front  "View 
*      S'  0" 


Fig'.  2.»  .        Vertical  section  through  GU .  (  Fiy\  2<>. 

<  ■   *-'V|f-  »"-+---  --   a-i 

<  Roul  Level 

\     I    .  / 


Fig-.  36. 


Fig*.  12  ..  End  view 


Tier,  kj 


\  V     \A  ,V«>(' 


Fia*.  4  Hook  bolt 




Mi 


General  arrangement 
Fig*.  i5. 

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Fig*.  27.   Vertical  section 
through   /A'.   {  Fi^*.  28! 


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with  copper'  discharge 
n a a  tie 

Fiy.  8 . 


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Fio*.  16. 


FlCV.  2-J  . 

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F.i 


fig*  Fig*.  24  . 

Section.  -*/»'.       Section  CP       Section  E/'. 


n 


Moveable   stop- Hock  on  the  Lyons  lme      (.  Fig*.  23  U>  33 .  ) 

■T~'  ~ — rV 


ll 
•pi 


Fig*.  3i .  Cross  section 

through.  JTO.  (Rg-.  So.) 


a 


'      1  a 


a 


Fig*.  ^9.  Vertical  section. 

through  L-U.    {Fio;.  3o  ,j 


Lon^'  Sleeper  £u*r-tl  against  running  off  the  line  .  { Fig-.  34.and35.) 

Chaumont  viaduct  ,  „ 

Cross  section  it-  /V 

—  A  tl 


Fie*.  3fc; 


Details  of  hm  . 

Fig*.  32 . 


Section. 


I  

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Hempen  iand 
Eg*.  10 . 


Effect   of  tranche's 
Fig*.  17 


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MfSJJiJl  teUJU  and  iS. 

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Fit>*.  33 . 
Elevation . 


4= 


Fi<r.  5o . 


FiflSand  16 


i  Tut 


si 


I  Fiw1.  35  .  Longitudinal  elevation 


□ 


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PERMANENT  WAY  _  FLOATING  BRIDGE  ON  THE  RHINE  Bt 


C.  COUCBE  on 


BADEN  AND  MAXI MILI ANSAU  (  RHENISH  BAVARIA ) 


Ft  XV, 


C.  COUCHE.  on  Railways. 


PERMANENT  WAY—  FLOATING  BRIDGE  ON  THE  RHINjE,  f 


•oij 


Fig".  1.     Inclined  Plane 


(  Fig .  1  to  9 . 


Longitudinal  Section,  &  Elevation,  si 
b.  of  the  working  Dpari 


Fig"  2  .       t^/%a#is,    Upright  Posts  and  Horizontal  Beams 


b 

rsar*. 


rv\i 


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Fig.       Details  of  the  working 
of  the  inclined  plane 


Fig-,  5  /■■<£ttr 


L. 


Scales 


G 


1  to  3,  Shli  ma. 'SO  lo  22. 


xo  ft* 


Tig.  4-  apd  IS  to  19. 


=fc= 


Inchts  13       i  C 


Inchts    1)         S  0 


?ib.25  and  U. 


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(  Tetl 


XAU   (BADEN)    AND  MAXIM  ILIANSAU   (  RHENISH  BAVARIA ) 


P1JCVI. 


Junction   oj^_  -Spans       (  Fig,  loto  i<>.j 


Fixed  Spans 


Bailway 


Fixed  Spans 
m 


Railway 


5 

~_>     tig*.  4- 


Movea&le  Spans  .  Roadway 


Fi<r.i5. 


Group  of  fixed  lon^1  talks 

on.  railway 
Fip\  8.  Fi^.  9. 


Fi<£.  17.     Moveable  Span  .     Railway  Elevation 

_____  "%lZZ 


Jntopnt  of  the  hin^e  for  inclinei  planes 
1  of  the  railway 


Fie--2|.  Bolls 

0  frw  -  — 


Arrangement  at  junction  of  firstl  pontoon 
with  last  fixed  support  (Fig. vo\avx. 


Fig- 19  ■  ^jvYyA*' 


©4- 


0       4  :  ». 


Fio".  a  3 . 


NORTHERN  OF  FRANCE .  —  SUPPRESSION  OF  CROSSINGS  OF  LINES  OU1         TERMINUS  AT  PARIS. 


C.  COUCHI.  On  Rail 


PERMANENT  WAY,     JUNCTION  W 


P1.XVUL 


f.  COUCHE.  On  Railways. 


Pi.  XIX . 


.  i.         Bead  cFossin^ 


with  moveable  points. 


Ttiron&l 


Fig.  3.    .  General  Plan, with  end  Cros 


j.otoS. 


ngles 


Crossing     7°.  3o' 


State  Railway  of  Austria        (  Kitf.  4  to  Hi.) 
Fio^.  4.      Section  on  line  pq. 

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5'J' 


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11" 


Plan 


Jtrtc   *-  


Section  on  line  a/i 


Tkrogh  Crossing       2\  So'  (Kg.  lo  to  13 .J 
v  Fig:  loiEastenk  qt  France  J  Plan. 

EZ3- 


Right  angled  crossing 

(  Fio\  17  to  it).; 

Fiovi-.  Plan 


Fit)-.  16.       Section  on  line  /fs 


Fi<r-  6.. 


Lit  '/r 
Section  on  line  r/>. 


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Fiq\  11.         Section   on  line  -Ttf 


Section  of  extremity      Fi     i5      Details  of  crossing -point 
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Fl£  12  . 


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Ft£\  19 


Fig\  18 .         Section  on  line  rt/. 


Section  of  rails  on  line 


•S.i.   s> 


Section  on  line    /at;  .v. 
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Inches 


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Inches  (I 

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12  Incites 


2  Feet 


CCOUCHR.On  Railways. 


(IROSSIMGS 


PL  XX. 


.<'.('<>  IT  INC.  On  Railways 


Eastern  of  France.  Details  of  single  crossing  (  Fig.  1  to  8  ) 
Fig  7.     Section  of  left  hand  switch,  inside  of  line  (  the  right  hand  switch  is  straight  ) 


J" 


Culti.'iq    awrtif  of  tujcd  oubrtde    «£'  4  " 


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Lt^'fi.    Horizontal  section  of  switch  and  of  main  rail  adjoining  it 


 . Ttxj>tr&i  portion  asid  culUiul  vLtvobU  of  inside  top  of  heoui       ^'  6"  ~  ----  - 

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  Total  Itttgfh  of  stock  -  rail  IS' 


ti" 


f.'6- 


t.'S" 


I'S"  - 


-  u"  *-  - 


Plan 


OSSIftGS 


IMWi. 


Eastern  of  France.   Details  of  three  throw  switch  (Jig.  .9  to  16' 


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PI.  XXfll. 


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COCCHE.  On  Railways 


PI.  XXIV. 


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PI.  XXV 


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PI.  A  XVI. 


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PERMANENT  WAY  „  TURNTABLES'  FOR 'ENGINE.  AND  TENDER. 


PI.  XXVti. 


,    •  '  PERMANENT  WAY  ™  TURNTABLE  f  OR  ENGINE  AND  TENDER . 

C.COUCHE.  On  Railways.   ______^_  PI.  XXVffi. 


LemaihV;  (rraneur 


C.  COUCHE.  on  Railways 


PERMANENT  WAY _TU RNTABl'E  FOR  ENGINE  AND  TENDER 


PI.  XXIX. 


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(.*.  COUCHE.  on  Railways. 


PI.  XXX 


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PI.  XXXI. 


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C.  €OPCHS.  On  Railways  


PERMANENT  WAY™    TYPE  SECTIONS .  _  DRAINAGE  OF  CUTTINGS . 


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