Content : Railway engineering Introduction to railway engineering 1-38 Rail Gauges 39-48 Surveys and alignment of railway lines 49-60 Railway traction 61-68 Rails 69-98 Creep 99-106 Sleepers 107-126 Ballast 127-134 Rail fastenings 135-154 Geometric design of a track 155-182 Resistance to traction 183-208 Points and crossings 209-234 Combinations of points and crossings 235-248 Stations and yards 249-272 Signalling 273-296 Interlocking 297-312 Station machinery 313-324 Bridge engineering Introduction to bridge engineering 327-380 Foundations - I : spread and pile foundation 381-434 Foundations - II : caissons and cofferdams 435-492 Substructures 493-514 Fixed-span superstructures 515-546 Low cost bridges : movable-span superstructures 547-556 Low cost bridges : culverts and causeways 557-566 Low cost bridges : timber or temporary bridges 567-580 Flooring 581-586 Bearings 587-596 Erection, maintenance and strengthening of bridges 597-616 Miscellaneous topics 617-640 Tunnel engineering General aspects of tunnelling 643-653 Stages in tunnel construction 654-674 Tunnelling in soft ground 675-690 Tunnelling in hard rock 691-710 Shield tunnelling 711-729 Shafts and portals 730-738 Tunnel lining 739-751 Lighting, vantilation and dust control in tunnels 752-763 Drainage of tunnels 764-768 Safety in tunnel construction 769-771 Abbreviated terms 772-773 Iimodel question papers 774-780 Index 781-792