MANUAL OF RECOMMENDED PRACTICE, TWO VOLUMES

Chicago: American Railway Engineering Association, 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Item #11210

Complete to March 9, 1969. Includes definitions of terms, designs and plans, specifications, economics of construction and maintenance, and priciples and practices. Volume 1 has chapters on Roadway and Ballast, Ties, Rail, Track, Buildings, Wood Bridges and Trestles, and Masonry. Volume 2 has chapters on Highways, Engineering and Valuation Records, Environmental Engineering, Yards and Terminals, Iron and Steel Structures, Economics of Railway Location and Operation, Wood Preservation, Contract Forms, Economics of Railway Labor, Waterways and Harbors, Maintenance of Way Work Equipment, Clearances, and Waterproofing. Many diagrams, foldouts, tables and charts. Unpaginated. I would estimate several thousand pages. Both volumes fine and unused.

Price: $175.00