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| opwID | Worthington_1900 |
| Type | IRC paper |
| Status | oldpway has copies of French and English versions |
| Availability |
Plates on-line, see
Worthington_1900_drawings
and Details of drawings.
Part 1 of text on-line; Read. Rest of text is partly scanned but not yet on-line. |
| Sub-title | Report 2 for Section 1, Way and Works, Question III of Sixth session of the International Railway Congress, Paris, September 1900 |
| French title |
1re section. Voies et Travaux.
Question III. Aiguilles, Croisements et Traversees [Points, Crossings and Diamond Crossings] Conditions de construction des aiguilles, des croisements et des traversees sur les lignes ou ces appareils sont franchis sans ralentissment, notamment par des trains a tres grande vitesses et des moteurs a tres lourdes charges sur les essieux. Rapporteurs: Tous les pays, sauf l'Angleterre et les colonies: Mr Cartault. Angleterre et les colonies: Mr W B Worthington. |
| Published in |
In English and French, in IRC bulletins, IRC proceedings and printed separately.
Version sold at auction for £75: Lot 542 in Sheffield Railwayana Auctions, Postal Auction, 14 June 2008, described as "INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS 1900 bound volume of "Reports on Points & Crossings by Worthington and Cartault – English & French Editions". Leather bound hardback covers with title in gold on the front, 143pp plus fold out diagrams and plates. A little rubbed on edges. Many contemporary annotations." |
| Pages |
French edition of 1900 IRC proceedings,
Compte Rendu General,
Premier Volume,
p.III/73 to III/193.
Followed by discussion, p.III/193 to III/201. |
| Description | A detailed study of the design of points and crossings by British and Colonial Railways in 1900. Includes 42 plates, as listed in Worthington_1900_drawings. |
| See also | IRC_article |
| Author notes | Chief Engineer, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway |
| Notes | All plates scanned and on oldpway. Part 1 of text on oldpway. Rest of text awating finishing scanning and putting on-line. |