A practical hint on the cold bending of mild steel rods
Sims Papers: Box 7
Railways Board of India. Technical papers covering many areas of India and very many aspects of railway design, including subjects as diverse as foundations, tracks, bridges, inclines, curvature, signalling, safety, etc., and construction, wear, creep, costs, etc. often relevant specifically to Indian railways but also in many cases applicable to railway engineering generally.
No. 238, Strength and wear of rails and their influence on the selection of the most economical section
No. 240, Note on the annual cost of sleepers as determined by their first-cost and life
No. 241, Report on working of Southern group of railways in England
No. 242, Railway statistics and the operating officer
No. 243, How to judge the prospects of new railways
No. 244, Sleeper spacing and its effect on the maximum permissible axle-load
No. 245, Report of the bridge sub-committee on track stresses
No. 248, Track maintenance
No. 249, Operating statistics and the divisional officer
No. 250, Axle-loads, wheel-diameter and railhead-dimensions (2 copies)
No. 253, Note on sleeper supply, with special reference to impregnated sleepers
No. 254, Trials with vacuum brakes on long goods trains
No. 259, The estimation of passenger earnings on new projects
No. 260, Note on steel sleeper design
No. 264, Memorandum on traffic surveys
No. 269, Notes on half round sleepers of sal and teak
No. 271, Antiseptic treatment of chir (pinus longiflora) for railway sleepers
No. 272, The stereographic survey of the Shaksgam [river] and an attempt to describe Mr. Wild’s stereo-plotting machine, the Autograph
No. 274, A practical note on tunnelling in shale and limestone
No. 276, Investigation into the strength of rail joints
No. 278, Notes on tube railway construction
No. 279, Report on track practice on American and Canadian railways
No. 286, Stresses in fishplates for 90 lbs. rails (with conclusions affecting the design of standard rail and fishplate sections (3 copies)
No. 293, Simplified design of masonry arch by the elastic theory
No. 294, Frame arch spans for railway loadings
No. 297, The maximum length of rails as affected by the range of temperature and the design of the rail-joint (2 copies)
No. 299, The determination of the permissible speeds on curves
No. 300, Report on investigation into modern methods of introducing transition curves economically into existing lines of railway
No. 303, Wear of rails on curves and check-rail clearances required on curves of 4° and sharper
No. 305, Primary stresses in railway tracks
Sims Papers: Box 6
Railways Board of India. Technical papers covering many areas of India and very many aspects of railway design, including subjects as diverse as foundations, tracks, bridges, inclines, curvature, signalling, safety, etc., and construction, wear, creep, costs, etc. often relevant specifically to Indian railways but also in many cases applicable to railway engineering generally.
No. 219, Technical education in relation to railways in America
No. 220, Steam versus electric locomotives for heavy grades
No. 221, Further notes on steam versus electric traction
No. 222, American railway motive power department and fuel organisations
No. 223, Minor equipment of locomotive repair shops
No. 226, Track stresses
No. 229, Indian standard locomotives (5′ 6″ gauge)
No. 230, Notes on the creosoting of railway sleepers and timbers in England
No. 231, Antiseptic treatment of sleepers in India
No. 232, Factors in the location and layout of locomotive repair shops
No. 235, Notes on the bridge rules of 1923
No. 236, Notes on the “standard dimensions” of Indian railways
No. 237, Notes on the working of steel foundries in Great Britain
No. 256, [Not in order] Notes on the preparation of railway projects
No. 316, [Not in order] Curve realignment on the East Indian railway
Sims Papers: Box 5
Railways Board of India. Technical papers covering many areas of India and very many aspects of railway design, including subjects as diverse as foundations, tracks, bridges, inclines, curvature, signalling, safety, etc., and construction, wear, creep, costs, etc. often relevant specifically to Indian railways but also in many cases applicable to railway engineering generally.
No. 200, Note on the manufacture and use of cement concrete blocks for lining large liquid fuel reservoirs on the North Western railway
No. 201, Notes on locomotive design in relation to gradients and curves
No. 202, Note on locomotive design as it affects the bridge engineer
No. 203, Notes on cast iron sleepers
No. 204, Possibilities of steam railway electrification
No. 205, Renewal of girders on the Kiul bridge, East Indian railway – not on the method of erection
No. 206, Train resistances for various gauges, rail sections, track conditions, and types of rolling stock
No. 207, New Hump marshalling yard at Feltham, London and South Western railway
No. 208, Notes on railway surveys, with supplementary notes on railway surveys in Bengal
No. 209, Control of railway traffic by telephone
methods adopted on the Great Indian Peninsular railway
methods adopted in England
No. 210, Notes on motor traction and road railways including the Stronach-Dutton system
No. 212, Some aspects of the gauge question
No. 213, A substitute for track circuit between stations, with supplementary notes on other expedients for preventing a driver entering a block section without authority
No. 214, Motorizing railway terminals
No. 215, The Hardinge bridge over the Lower Ganges at Sara, with supplementary notes on the original project
No. 216, The stability of hill slopes
No. 217, Notes on concrete railway sleepers, (including Rendel, Palmer and Tritton’s Experimental sleeper, Stent’s patent concrete sleeper, and Green’s patent “G.M.” reinforced concrete sleeper
No. 218, Wheel dimensions and crossing clearances for the four gauges
Sims Papers: Box 4
Railways Board of India. Technical papers covering many areas of India and very many aspects of railway design, including subjects as diverse as foundations, tracks, bridges, inclines, curvature, signalling, safety, etc., and construction, wear, creep, costs, etc. often relevant specifically to Indian railways but also in many cases applicable to railway engineering generally.
No. 161, Arrangement of station yards at roadside stations
No. 162, Notes on electric and electro-pneumatic signalling
No. 163, Report on the working expenses of mountain railways in Europe
No. 167, Notes on European architecture in India
No. 168, A rational section for rail heads and tyres
No. 172, Report on conversion of metre gauge to 5′ 6″ gauge, Eastern section, Sind-Sagar railway (N.-W.Ry)
No. 173, The restoration of dangerously crystalline steel by heat treatment
No. 176, The design of “section” station yards
No. 178, Inflow of water into wells in the Punjab
No. 179, Slips at Mudgorge on the Sind-Peshin railway during 1889-93
No. 182, Slips in cuttings and embankments of railways
No. 184, Comparative cost of fast and slow freight service
No. 191, Ferro-concrete in India
Composition of concrete and permissible intensities of stress
Design for a 40ft. railway girder bridge
Description of ferro-concrete works executed by the public works department
No. 193, Oil fuel trials on the North Western railway of India, 1913-1916
No. 194, Note on various types of extensometers for testing bridge girders
No. 196, Report on the best process and plant for treating railway sleepers, plus –
Supplement to No. 196; Drawings giving details of the process and plant for creosoting sleepers
No. 197, Ruling gradients and the minor details of alignment
No. 199, Impact on bridges
Sims Papers: Box 3
Railways Board of India. Technical papers covering many areas of India and very many aspects of railway design, including subjects as diverse as foundations, tracks, bridges, inclines, curvature, signalling, safety, etc., and construction, wear, creep, costs, etc. often relevant specifically to Indian railways but also in many cases applicable to railway engineering generally.
No. 118, The physics of the river Indus
No. 119, Impact and fatigue in railway bridges
No. 121, Train loads for bridge design
No. 123, The determination of the safe working stress for railway bridges
No. 124, Note on English single line working
No. 125, Sullivan’s staging for erection of girders
No. 127, Estimation of traffic earnings
No. 128, Description of interlocking and detecting apparatus for roadside stations on single line
No. 129, Notes on Eüler’s formula and the deflection of columns
No. 135, Conventional signs used in interlocking diagrams
No. 136, Actuarial formulae and tables
No. 140, Two papers:-
Notes on the maintenance of permanent way in India
Notes on the maintenance of the Denham-Olpherts’ cast iron plate sleeper
No. 142, Dharlla, Sankos and Gangadhar bridges
No. 146, Block signalling on double and single line, East Indian railway
No. 147, Trains blown over by wind
No. 148, Statistics of railway working expenditure
No. 149, Practical notes on tunnelling
No. 153, River training and control on the guide bank system, [including chapters on]:-
Comparison of Indian rivers with the Mississipi
A theory of cut-offs and avulsions
The physics of alluvial rivers in general
The deep scour which endangers permanent structures
The classification of river sands
The artificial narrowing of rivers, by means of guide banks
The length and shape of guide banks
The guide bank section and that of its armour
Construction and maintenance of guide banks
Depth of bridge piers as affected by river training
The effect of narrowing a river on other interests
Spur training on the Chenab river at Wazirabad
The training of the Sutlej at Adamwahan
Denehey’s groynes, at the Lower Ganges canal headworks
Training works for the Ferozpur-Sutlej bridge
The training of the Chenab river at Sher Shah
The Gogra and Kosi training works
The training of the Ganges at Garhmuktesar
The training of four Brahmaputra affluents, and of some minor rivers
The training of the Indus at Dera Ghazi Khan
Training works at Khanki and Rasul canal headworks
The author’s proposed training works for the Lower Ganges bridge
The cost of bridging and training
The gauging of a great river in flood time
Summary of advice as to guide bank design
No. 156, A guide bank for the bridge over the Mahanadi river, East Bengal state railway
No. 158, Roaring rails
No. 159, Notes on drift sand and drift snow
Sims Papers: Box 2
Railways Board of India. Technical papers covering many areas of India and very many aspects of railway design, including subjects as diverse as foundations, tracks, bridges, inclines, curvature, signalling, safety, etc., and construction, wear, creep, costs, etc. often relevant specifically to Indian railways but also in many cases applicable to railway engineering generally.
No. 44, The effect of wind pressure on bridges
No. 52, Wind pressures in engineering construction
No. 53, The strength of columns
No. 60, Contractors’ plant – working sketches
No. 62, Report on a method of pneumatic sinking designed by Mr. H.S. Harington, as used on the Mari-Attock Railway
No. 63, Description of the North Western Railway interlocking for roadside stations, combining List-Morse patents
No. 65, Report on the Lidgerwood cableway, Sohan bridge, Mari-Attock railway
No. 67, Note on safety sidings on Indian single lines of railway (includes 2 letters from Govt. of India, Ministry of Railways, Central Standards Office)
No. 68, Well sinking by the pneumatic process, Indus bridge, Kotri
No. 72, Notes on the design of well foundations for bridges
No. 75, Note on manufacturing of wire net protective works
No. 81, Note on experiments on gravity catch-sidings and sanded Köpcke-sidings
No. 83, Expansion joints for permanent-way on large bridges
No. 84, Table of moments of resistance of rails in use on the North Western railway and the number required when used as girders
No. 86, The construction of the Godaveri bridge at Rajahmundry on the East Coast railway
No. 90, Memorandum on certain English points, crossings and signals
No. 91, Note on the temporary ferry arrangements over the river Godaveri at Rajahmundry
No. 92, Note on joint chairs and other devices for preventing creep
No. 93-A, Note on the design of flood openings
No. 94, Rail sections suitable for sharp curves
No. 96, Note on the capacity of lines of railway
No. 98, Note on grade compensation for curve resistance
No. 100, Note on strain sheets for plate girders
No. 101, Ballasting of new railways and the sinkage of ballast in banks
No. 103, Note on the tilting of flat-footed rails
No. 104, Note on the Torsa bridge, Cooch Behar state railway (2′ 6″ gauge)
No. 105, Training works for a bridge over the Teesta river, Eastern Bengal state railway
No. 106, Notes on some details of
Girder spans as affected by changes of temperature
The sleeping of girder spans
The camber of girders; and
The bedding of girders
No. 107, Observations on the holding power of some fish-plates and its relation to temperature movements and stresses
No. 109, Notes on the Ganges bridge at Garhmuktesar
No. 113, Two bridges over the Girna river, Great Indian Peninsula railway, near Jalgaon and Chalisgaon
No. 115, Notes on sanded catch-sidings and the use of velocity head diagrams
No. 117, Watering arrangements
Sims Papers: Box 1
Given by A.M. Sims
Government of India. Railway Department (Central Standards Office for Railways). Track Stress Research. November 1935 – November 1938.
Progress Reports, Vols I (113pp.) and II (309pp.) by W.E. Gelson and E.A. Blackwood.
Confidential note on the organization, functions, and working of the English Railway Rates Tribunal by E.A. Sims, M.Inst.T. Member Railway Rates Advisory Committee. Government of India. n.d. 135 pp. foolscap.
Paper by A.M. Sims on riots in the Punjab in 1919. 1968. MS 3 pp.