Ballast, 225 Bascule bridge, 85 Battering-rule, 72 Bearing-weights of various materials, 129 Beater, 239 Bench marks, 66 Bissell truck, 58 Block crossing, cast steel, 235 ---- telegraph signalling, 18, 338 Board of Trade requirements, 18 Bog-cutting, 65 Bogie carriage, 54 ---- engine, 56, 306 Booking-hall, 249, 260 Book of reference, 8 Borings for foundations, 129 ---- for tunnel work, 164 Borrowed earthwork, 61 Bottom-pitching, 225 Bracket signals, 20, 322 Brake-power on gradients, 45 Brakes for goods waggons, 46 Brick-well foundations, 123 Bridges, 79 ---- over public roads, 10 Broken stone ballast, 225 Buffer-stops, 282 Bull-head rail, 191 C Cab-rank, 251 Caisson foundations, 121 Cant of rail, 230 Carriage accommodation, 353 ---- bogie, 54 ---- dock, 282 ---- traverser, 292 Cast-iron column piers, 97 ---- in bridges, 27 ---- saddles, 224 ---- sleepers, 214 ---- tram-plates, 184 ---- tube tunnels, 179 ---- water-tanks, 299 Catch-siding, 26 Centre line of railway, 32 Chairs, 206 Channelling ballast, 231 Check-rails on sharp curves, 29, 51 Cinder ballast, 227 Circular running-shed, 289 Clay puddle, 127 Clocks at stations, 26 Coal-drops, 282 Coffer-dams, 127 Comparison of bull-head and flange rails, 199 Compound rails, 190 Concrete foundations, 114 Continuous brakes, 30 Cost of permanent way, 241, 242 362 Covered-way tunnels, 178 Crab bolts, 223 Cranes, 280, 294 Creosoted sleepers, 211 Cross-over road, 233 Crossings made of rails, 237 Cross-sections, 33 Culverts and drains, 74 Curve alterations, 12 Curves, 49 Cutting rails on curves, 229 Cylinder foundations, 116 D Datum line, 8 Deck or floor of girder bridges, 133 Deposited plans, 4, 6 Depths of cuttings, 10 Derrick crane, 299 Detached lock, 332 Detonator or fog signals, 334 Detours on mountain-sides, 3 Deviation, limits of, 6 ---- of centre line, 12 ---- of levels, 12 Diagram sketches of bridges, 149 Diamond crossing, 237 Disc or ground signals, 322 ---- wheels, 48 Distant signal, 18, 314, 322 Diversion of roads, etc., 6 Dobbin-cart, 67 Dock platforms, 251 Double-line junction, 231 ---- slip points, 233 Dry stone backing, 162 E Earthworks, 60 Edge rails, 185 Electric motive-power, 355 ---- repeater, 22, 334 ---- train-staff instrument, 344 Embankment on bog, 71 Engine bogie, 53, 56, 304 ---- triangle, 290 Engine turntables, 27, 289 Enlargements on parliamentary plans, 16 Entrances to tunnels, 176 Estimate, 14 Expansion of rails, 228 Extract from Government Standing Orders and Regulations, 6 F