Author explains how Cotton Belt road literally pulled out of mud and dried out through extensive program of ditching, right-of-way sloping, pole driving, and subdraining, resulting in marked reduction in track maintenance costs; net saving in maintenance labor costs, 1941 over 1923, was $519,200.


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    Title :

    Cotton belt drains instability out of its roadbed


    Additional title:

    Ry Eng Maintenance


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1942


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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