The railroad and engineering journal (1887) (14573454967)

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Title: The railroad and engineering journal

Year: 1887 (1880s)

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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads

Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney

Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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bridge, reaching the terminus at Oufa, on theright bank of the White River, near the Sofronov Land-ing, the point at which the navigation of the White Riverbegins. The greatest distance between stations is 16 miles, andthe passing places on the single-track line are so arrangedas to permit the running of nine trains daily in each direc-tion ; but the present supply of rolling stock is sufficientonly for one mixed train and two freight trains daily ineach direction. The grade and bridges are built forsingle-track only, and the standard width of grade is 18 ft. The construction of this road presented many difficul-ties. It was impossible to find workmen enough along theline, and the contractors had to bring some 20,000 laborersfrom Central and Eastern Russia. The summer workingseason is very short, lasting only about five months, andtherefore as much work as possible was performed in thewinter. For materials, only limestone was found near the Vol. LXIV, No. 6.) ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 259

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26o THE RAILROAD AND (June, 1890. line. There was no timber, and all that was used had tobe carried either from Samara, Oufa or Sterlitamak, a dis-tance of 140 miles, so that the supply of ties was very diffi-cult to obtain. There was little or no material for ballast,so that the gravel used had to be hauled an average dis-tance of two miles to the line of the road, and 12 milesalong the line. All the machinery and supplies for theequipment of the hne, water stations, tools for workshops,etc., were made in Russia and from Russian raw mate-rials. The sheet-iron used for roofing buildings and mostof the rails were supplied from the Oural Iron Works, andthe iron for the bridges from the Government Works atVotkinsk. Cement was obtained from the works ofSchmidt & Company in Riga, Fort-Kund in Revel, andthe Moscow Company in Podolsk. The materials werecarried to the terminal points of the line by water in sum-mer, and during the winter were hauled out on the line byteams, with the excep

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