Again from the ABEBooks listing
1953 - possible first edition 1982 - first printing of second editionAlso found a 1966 printing of the 1953 edition
Nothing listed with an earlier date then 1953!
If the 1953 edition is a revised edition it must have been publised under a different title.
Howard Garner
Howard Garner
Further research at the LOC web site.
1953 is indead the first edition with 1982 being the second editionHoward Garner
Thanks... so Hay's comment in the book referring to "current maximum" is probably based on 1953 practice. ____ Mark
Assuming you using the 1953 edition and not the 1982 sewcond edition.
I guess that one goes back around to Wolf Kirchmeir ... was the mention of "current practice" you quoted from the 1953 edition of Railroad Engineering? ____ Mark
I also found a third edition, published in 2006:
Thnaks for the info
Howard
From the online edition, which AFAICT is 1982. I don't know whether any track with 152lb rail was still in place on former PRR lines at that time.
That looks better than what I had in mind. Thank you.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
Where does one find the online edition?
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
HTH
Have not found all 700 pages online yet...
Is there an explanation why the ABEBooks listing missed the third edition of
1996? It seems an unreliable source if it missed an edition from ten years ago.
Oo> Search on 'hay railroad engineering." You'll find it online, all 700 pages > of it.
A very good reason.
None of the many used book sellers had any!
Howard Garner
If a book is not listed, ABEBooks can't get it for you, is all.
Why would they list books they can't sell you?
Yup, that was before I looked at what was actually available. Sorry about that. So I made a mistake. So what?
My first thought would be so that when you are contemplating a book purchase you'd be aware of what other editions have been printed, to know if the particular edition is really the most appropriate one.
Yet another example - one of several in this thread -- of why I use copies of Mark Mathu's postings in a basic Usenet class I teach for new users at the local Senior Center.
Its difficult to find in one poster so many examples of how to appear as a rude asshole on Usenet.
Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
Well, then don't forget the "blow it out your ass" psot: news:475824c3$0$23590$ snipped-for-privacy@news.newshosting.com...
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