Minimum gauge railways
Subtitle: their application, construction and working : being an account of the origin and evolution of the 15 in. gauge line at Duffield Bank, near Derby, also of the installation of a similar line at Eaton Hall, near Chester, together with various notes on the uses of such railways and on the results of some experimental investigations relating thereto
By: Sir Arthur Percival Heywood.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Turntable Publications
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Sheffield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Railroads, Local and light -- England.
First sentence: At the outset I must offer an apology for making use, throughout this pamphlet, of the first person.
Description: Being an account of the origin and evolution of the 15 inch gauge line at Duffield Bank, near Derby; also of the installation of a similar line at Eaton Hall, near Chester; together with various notes on the uses of such railways and on the results of some experimental investigations relating thereto.
Notes: Reprint of the 3d ed. printed in 1898 by the author.
Table of contents: title: Preface   I - Introduction  p7  II - Objects of the 15 in. Gauge p9; title: III - Construction of the Duffield Bank Line p11   IV - Details of the Eaton Hall Line p15; title: V - Locomotives p25    VI - Wagons & Cars  p32  VII - The Duffield Bank Workshops  p36; title: VIII Scientific Considerations  p38  IX Remarks on Narrow Gauge Railways p42  X - Appedix  p46