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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