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Re: Track slope...
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Wed, 21 Apr 1999 19:07:31 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> For some fascinating reading on this topic, go to a used book store and
> find a civil engineering text that predates WWII. Matt Bates's site has
> info on this as well.
Not having access to a used book store, why a civil eng text from before
WWII? Did that data become classified after WWII?
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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| (...) There was an emphasis shift in introductory civil texts around that time period, as highway and airport engineering became more prominent. In any 1920 era civil text, railroad and bridge engineering vastly outweigh airport and highway (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Good topic! (...) 13 is a bit low for anything oversize, IMHO, but I model 'merican. It's probably OK for eurotrash stuff. (...) Good question. Just as with real railroads, the answer is "it depends". Your slope in general is limited by the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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