A

PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON THE

CONSTRUCTION AND FORMATION

OF

RAILWAY S.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS OF THE FIRST EDITION.

"This volume contains a great deal of useful matter."-Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.

“A very useful work."-Railway Times.

- 401 - C. E. Detmolk

A

PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON THE

CONSTRUCTION AND FORMATION

OF

RAILWAYS,

SHOWING THE

PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND EXPENSE

OF

EXCAVATING, HAULAGE, EMBANKING, AND
PERMANENT WAYLAYING;

Author of The Railway Calculator, or Engineers' and Contractors'
Assistant. &c. &c.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

JOHN WEALE, ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY;

AND SIMPKIN & MARSHALL.