PPT-CE 515 Railroad Engineering

Structures Source AREMA Chapter 8 Introduction and Major Bridge Components Transportation exists to conquer space and time Introduction Railway structures serve one of two functions. Road To Freedom . . Underground Railroad. . (UGRR. ) is a term for the network of people and places who assisted fugitive slaves as they escaped from slavery in the South.. Terminology. People involved with the Underground Railroad developed their own terminology to describe participants, safe places, and other codes that needed to be kept secret.. Road To Freedom . dbays. /teacherspayteachers.com. Underground Railroad. . (UGRR. ) is a term for the network of people and places who assisted fugitive slaves as they escaped from slavery in the South. US History: Spiconardi. Origins. In order to connect the newly expanding West with the rest of the country, the federal government wanted to extend the railroads. To encourage the building of railroads the government offered. Turnouts, Yard Design, & Clearances. Arema Ch. 6. “Transportation exists to conquer space and time -”. Turnouts. Turns one track into two. Three basic components. Switch. Closure Curve. Frog. SANDY UPDATE - CPOC. April 2014. Superstorm. Sandy. October 2012. Storm Damage. SIGNIFICANT WIND/TREE DAMAGE KNOCKED OUT SERVICE ALONG HARLEM LINE AND NEW HAVEN LINE and the NEW CANAAN AND DANBURY BRANCHES . Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill,. He never worked and never will. He's . gonna. Ride, Ride, ride. Railroad Bill was a mighty bad man, . Shot the light out the brakeman's hand.. They . lookin. ' for that bad Railroad Bill.. Railroad from Atlantic to Pacific. Transcontinental Railroad. 1850’s - railroad companies began to search for a route from Atlantic to Pacific . (transcontinental). The South wanted it through the South. Moncure Conway House. Falmouth, Virginia. In this house, Moncure Conway housed 30 slaves and helped them escape to freedom. . Samuel and Sally Wilson House. Cincinnati, Ohio. The house of Samuel and Sally Wilson, who were strong abolitionists, was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.. Sit at the same group with your partner.. Bell-Ringer. First, the partner who read the . Homestead Act of 1862. should summarize what he/she read and go over the answer to each of the questions to help explain the . Chapter 14: The Second Industrial Revolution. Main idea: During the late 1800s, new technology led to rapid industrial growth and expansion of railroads.. Chapter 14 Section 1: Industry and Railroads. 10.2. 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. Only a description needed to return a runaway slave. No trial by jury & they cannot testify for themselves. If a person helps a runaway slave: 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Gretchen B. Ferguson . LADOTD Statewide Railroad Coordinator. Railroad Surfacing. Detouring Traffic during construction of a Railroad Crossing. Planning of the Construction. Discussions with Railroad . the “Next Moon Shot”. Have you ever heard the term “moonshot?”. Think of a.  . moonshot.  as . “a . complex, large-scale objective that can be accomplished only when teams abandon "business as usual." . TS-33 September 1974 They are expected to be able to judge the seriousness of the full range of common track and railway defects to plan and lay out all but most complex repairs to determine whether