Railway Economy

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Excerpt from Railway Economy: An Exposition of the Advantages of Locomotion by Locomotive Carriages Instead of the Present Expensive System of Steam TugsThe power of the steam is taken up by the pistons of the engine, and transmitted to the circumference of the driving-wheels, the adhesion of which to the rails gives the fulcrum, or point of reaction, by which the power is continually transferred by the subsidiary mechanism of wheels, axles, springs, and carriages, to the useful effect to be produced - the transport of passengers and goods.The existing railway machinery will be found to be monstrously disproportioned to the useful effect produced, in four-fifths of the number of times that the machine is put in action. And to this waste of power may be most justly attributed much of the present embarrassment of Railway Companies, whether in respect of their own internal financial position - their position with the dissatisfied public, as respects its pampered expectation of, and their power to supply accommodation and, lastly, their position with respect to inability to introduce, what in the opinion of the best judges in the matter, is the main element of traffic, that will conduce to the suc cess of the railway system.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.