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"1895 Strengthening of Permanent Way (English speaking countries) Drawings"

The "1895 Strengthening of Permanent Way (English speaking countries) Drawings" are 35 plates from the 1895 International Railway Congress report, Hunt_1895, by W Hunt, on "Strengthening of Permanent Way in View of Increased Speed of Trains (English speaking countries)". This was Report 2 for Section 1 Question I of the 1895 International Railway Congress. The drawings show the plain line permanent way (mostly rail joint, fishplate, rail section, chair, fixings, sleeper spacing and formation) used by a number of British, Colonial and USA railways.

For an explanation of the IRC see IRC_article.

The drawings accompany a written report, Hunt_1895 (Details of report), which analyses how plain line permanent way was designed in 1895, when every company had their own design for all parts of the permanent way. In particular the report considers rails, rail connections, keys and sleepers, and ballast. This report was for English speaking countries; a separate report considered the same question for non-English speaking countries.

The drawings on oldpway are high resolution (600 dpi) scans made from the published IRC report (English version), including plates 32 to 35 from the Addenda. They are from the copy of the report owned by John Arkell, to whom thanks are given.

These drawings are free to copy and use for any purpose, but please credit oldpway as the source.

The files are pdf format. When viewed at 100% size, they are the size of the published drawings. The overall sizes are about 8½" wide by 6" high. The drawings include very small details that are best viewed at 400% size. The scans are currently grey scale (high quality JPEG) images, without borders and labels and without adjusting rotation. They are each about 1MB in size. If any details are unclear at high resolution please contact oldpway so the original drawings and greyscale scans can be examined.

Prints scaled to fit A4 are mostly usable, but A3 is better, and larger prints or zoomed in screen viewing are needed to read small details and dimensions. The scans show a little bleed-through from the backs of the pages. When time permits these drawings may be replaced with black and white scans, to eliminate bleed-through, add borders and reduce file size.

The following table is a duplicate of the list on the oldpway drawings page. It details all the drawings, gives links to view them on-line, and includes the rail weights in lbs per yard. Rails are bull head (BH) except where noted as flat bottomed (FB). Fishplates are normal (extends between head and foot of rail), or wide (extends out and down to bottom of foot of rail), or wrapping (extends down and round under foot of rail), or deep (extends below foot of rail). The page numbers, I/47 to I/77 and I/87 to I/90, are the page numbers in the English version of the 1895 IRC Proceedings. I indicates that this concerns Question I that was considered at the 1895 Congress.

Plate	Page	File	Link	Rail	Description
1	I/47	1895pw_pl01_CamR	View	80lbs	Cambrian Railway. Joint with wrapping fishplate. Rail section. Chair. Key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing.
2	I/48	1895pw_pl02_FR	View	80½lbs	Furness Railway. Joint with wrapping fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing.
3	I/49	1895pw_pl03_GER	View	85lbs	Great Eastern Railway. Joint with wrapping fishplate. Rail section. Chair. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
4	I/50	1895pw_pl04_GNR	View	85lbs	Great Northern Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair. Key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing.
5	I/51	1895pw_pl05_GWR	View	92lbs	Great Western Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
6	I/52	1895pw_pl06_LYR	View	86lbs	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair. Key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
7	I/53	1895pw_pl07_LBSCR	View	84lbs	London Brighton & South Coast Railway. Joint with deep fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing.
8	I/54	1895pw_pl08_LNWR	View	80 & 90lbs	London & North Western Railway. Joint with wrapping fishplate. Rail sections. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
9	I/55	1895pw_pl09_LSWR	View	87lbs	London & South Western Railway. Joint with wrapping fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
10	I/56	1895pw_pl10_MSLR	View	86lbs	Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
11	I/57	1895pw_pl11_MR	View	85lbs	Midland Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
12	I/58	1895pw_pl12_NER	View	90lbs	North Eastern Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair. Key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
13	I/59	1895pw_pl13_SER	View	82lbs	South Eastern Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
14	I/60	1895pw_pl14_CalR	View	90lbs	Caledonian Railway. Joint with wrapping fishplate. Rail section. Chair. Fixings. Sleeper spacing.
15	I/61	1895pw_pl15_GSWR	View	90lbs	Glasgow & South Western Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
16	I/62	1895pw_pl16_HR	View	76½,77 & 80lbs	Highland Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail sections. Chair with key. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
17	I/63	1895pw_pl17_NBR	View	84lbs	North British Railway. Joint with normal fishplate. Rail section. Formation.
18	I/64	1895pw_pl18_GNRI_1	View	85lbs BH	Great Northern Railway Ireland (sheet 1). Joint with wrapping fishplate. BH rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
19	I/65	1895pw_pl19_GNRI_2	View	79lbs FB	Great Northern Railway Ireland (sheet 2). Joint with deep fishplate. FB rail section. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
20	I/66	1895pw_pl20_GSWRI	View	74lbs FB	Great Southern & Western Railway (Ireland). Joint with wrapping & normal fishplates. FB rail section. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
21	I/67	1895pw_pl21_CORusa	View	75lbs FB	Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (USA). Joint with wide fishplate. FB rail section. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
22	I/68	1895pw_pl22_CBQRusa	View	75lbs FB	Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (USA). Joint with wide fishplate. FB rail section. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
23	I/69	1895pw_pl23_ICRusa	View	70 & 75lbs FB	Illinois Central Railroad (USA). Joint with wide fishplate. FB rail sections. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
24	I/70	1895pw_pl24_LSMSRusa	View	71lbs FB	Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad (USA). Joint with wide fishplate. FB rail section. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
25	I/71	1895pw_pl25_NYCHRRusa_1	View	100lbs FB	New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (USA) (sheet 1). Joint with wide fishplate.
26	I/72	1895pw_pl26_NYCHRRusa_2	View	100lbs FB	New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (USA) (sheet 2). Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
27	I/73	1895pw_pl27_NYCHRRusa_3	View	65,70,75,80 & 100lbs FB	New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (USA) (sheet 3). FB rail sections.
28	I/74	1895pw_pl28_PRusa	View	65,70 & 85lbs FB	Pennsylvania Railroad (USA). Joint with wide fishplate. FB rail sections. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
29	I/75	1895pw_pl29_EIRind	View	85lbs	East Indian Railway (India). Joint with wide fishplate. Rail section. Fixings. Sleeper spacing.
30	I/76	1895pw_pl30_NSWGRaus_1	View	80lbs BH	New South Wales Government Railways (Australia) (sheet 1). Joint with normal fishplate. BH rail section. Chair with key. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
31	I/77	1895pw_pl31_NSWGRaus_2	View	80lbs FB	New South Wales Government Railways (Australia) (sheet 2). Joint with normal & wide fishplates. FB rail section. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.
32	I/87	1895pw_pl32_LTSR	View	72lbs	London Tilbury & Southend Railway. Joint with deep fishplate. Rail section. Chair with key. Formation.
33	I/88	1895pw_pl33_ATSFRusa_1	View	52,56,61,67,70 & 71lbs FB	Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (USA) (sheet 1). Joint with wide fishplate. FB rail sections.
34	I/89	1895pw_pl34_ATSFRusa_2	View	66lbs FB	Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (USA) (sheet 2). Joint with wide fishplate. FB rail section. Formation.
35	I/90	1895pw_pl35_SARaus	View	80lbs FB	South Australian Railways (Australia). Joint with deep fishplate. FB rail section. Fixings. Sleeper spacing. Formation.