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My background is four decades of engineering and project/program management experience in both the public and private sectors as well as operating my own engineering business and affiliated teaching experiences in engineering, project management and project accounting. |
My background is four decades of engineering and project/program management experience in both the public and private sectors as well as operating my own engineering business and affiliated teaching experiences in engineering, project management and project accounting. |
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=What is Wikipedia?= |
==What is Wikipedia?== |
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I am astonished at this thing called Wiki... and recommend you read this [[Outline_of_Wikipedia |wiki page]] or [[H:TMM|the missing manual]] to grasp some of the breath of this as a body of knowledge. As its literature notes, they are here to [[Wikipedia:HERE|build an encyclopedia]]. See also the material on [[Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable|making technical articles understandable]]. |
I am astonished at this thing called Wiki... and recommend you read this [[Outline_of_Wikipedia |wiki page]] or [[H:TMM|the missing manual]] to grasp some of the breath of this as a body of knowledge. As its literature notes, they are here to [[Wikipedia:HERE|build an encyclopedia]]. See also the material on [[Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable|making technical articles understandable]]. |
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*[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout|Manual of Style/Layout]] and the overlying [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style|Manual of Style]]. |
*[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout|Manual of Style/Layout]] and the overlying [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style|Manual of Style]]. |
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**[[Wikipedia:Standard_appendices_and_footers#Standard_appendices_and_footers|Standard appendices and footers]] |
**[[Wikipedia:Standard_appendices_and_footers#Standard_appendices_and_footers|Standard appendices and footers]] |
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**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Magazines/Writing_guide]] see also ..[https://www.google.com/search?q=wikiproject+writing+guides&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox&channel=sb#channel=sb&q=wikiproject+engineering+%22writing+guide%22++wikipedia.org&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial Google search on wiki writing guides] |
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In some cases these new articles involve reporting on specific very technical reports issued by US Governmental and occasionally State/Local agencies ... no existing guidelines are available to use in developing these type of articles/pages... so I have embarked upon developing some templates.. using this [[Help:A_quick_guide_to_templates|help page for templates]]... if one gets "stuck" then deploy <nowiki>{{Helpme}}</nowiki> on your talk page and ask for the help you require immediately below it. |
In some cases these new articles involve reporting on specific very technical reports issued by US Governmental and occasionally State/Local agencies ... no existing guidelines are available to use in developing these type of articles/pages... so I have embarked upon developing some templates.. using this [[Help:A_quick_guide_to_templates|help page for templates]]... if one gets "stuck" then deploy <nowiki>{{Helpme}}</nowiki> on your talk page and ask for the help you require immediately below it. |
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:For help on editing pages ... General Discussion on [[Help:Wiki_markup|wiki markup details]] .... [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing | see this tutorial]] ... For [[Help:Using_talk_pages|help on editing]] talk pages... |
:For help on editing pages ... General Discussion on [[Help:Wiki_markup|wiki markup details]] .... [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing | see this tutorial]] ... For [[Help:Using_talk_pages|help on editing]] talk pages... |
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::For disambiguation guidance .. see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disambiguation] |
::For disambiguation guidance .. see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disambiguation] |
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:For help on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Table_of_contents#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 TOCs.. ]{{Wiktionary}} |
:For help on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Table_of_contents#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 TOCs.. ] |
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{{Wiktionary}} |
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:For [[Wikipedia:Hatnote| Hat-notes]]... [[Wikipedia:USERPAGES|Help on user pages]]... |
:For [[Wikipedia:Hatnote| Hat-notes]]... [[Wikipedia:USERPAGES|Help on user pages]]... |
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:For abandoning a draft, just put '{{tl|db-user}}'at the start of it. |
:For abandoning a draft, just put '{{tl|db-user}}'at the start of it. |
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For editing out old texts with [https://archive.org/about/faqs.php#171 embedded carriage returns] ... |
For editing out old texts with [https://archive.org/about/faqs.php#171 embedded carriage returns] ... |
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==Helpful User pages== |
===Helpful User pages=== |
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*[[User:FiachraByrne]] |
*[[User:FiachraByrne]] |
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*[[User:Gandydancer]] |
*[[User:Gandydancer]] |
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*[[User:Omnipaedista]] |
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*[[List_of_wikis]] |
*[[List_of_wikis]] |
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=Projects I am working on= |
==Projects I am working on== |
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As part of my efforts.. I have created various subpages as draft documents while put all the material together rather than tie up an actual wiki page... It is not possible to make a redirect to a special page, or to create normal pages beginning with the "Special:" prefix. You can see them if you scroll all the way down to the bottom and click on user subpages... |
As part of my efforts.. I have created various subpages as draft documents while put all the material together rather than tie up an actual wiki page... It is not possible to make a redirect to a special page, or to create normal pages beginning with the "Special:" prefix. You can see them if you scroll all the way down to the bottom and click on user subpages... |
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I also am working on drafts using the wiki sandbox(es) ... click on them above to see more ... enjoy!... |
I also am working on drafts using the wiki sandbox(es) ... click on them above to see more ... enjoy!... |
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This is a listing of all my recent [https://tools.wmflabs.org/guc/index.php?user=Risk+Engineer&blocks=true contributions]. |
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==Public Sources of Information== |
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===Public Sources of Information=== |
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I could not have done this without archival efforts by others.... |
I could not have done this without archival efforts by others.... |
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: first and foremost is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library Wiki-library] itself... again amazing!... |
: first and foremost is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library Wiki-library] itself... again amazing!... |
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::Frederick County Land Records and [http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_plats.cfm?county=fr Land Plats home page] |
::Frederick County Land Records and [http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_plats.cfm?county=fr Land Plats home page] |
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::Frederick County GIS home and [http://ww3.frederickcountymd.gov/gis/home.html maps] |
::Frederick County GIS home and [http://ww3.frederickcountymd.gov/gis/home.html maps] |
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:: Frederick County [http://www.frederickcountylandmarksfoundation.org/fclf_tech.html#mdhist preservation assistance] program. |
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::History of Frederick County by [[John_Thomas_Scharf|John Thomas Scharf]] |
::History of Frederick County by [[John_Thomas_Scharf|John Thomas Scharf]] |
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::Thomas John Chew Williams and Folger McKinsey, History of Frederick County, Maryland, , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1979, ISBN |
::Thomas John Chew Williams and Folger McKinsey, History of Frederick County, Maryland, , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1979, {{ISBN|0-8063-7973-1}}. |
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::[http://www.whilbr.org/default.aspx Western Maryland Regional Library],101 Tandy Drive,Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 |
::[http://www.whilbr.org/default.aspx Western Maryland Regional Library],101 Tandy Drive,Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 |
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::Frederick County surveyor records ...[http://guide.mdsa.net/series.cfm?action=viewDetails&ID=CM510-1 (Survey Record, Index)]1784-1915 CM510 Film Reels:CR 11670-1 (Scanned) Description:See CR 38,446 for ret. of HMSA Citation:MSA CM510-1 |
::Frederick County surveyor records ...[http://guide.mdsa.net/series.cfm?action=viewDetails&ID=CM510-1 (Survey Record, Index)]1784-1915 CM510 Film Reels:CR 11670-1 (Scanned) Description:See CR 38,446 for ret. of HMSA Citation:MSA CM510-1 |
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==Public Agency Wiki articles== |
===Public Agency Wiki articles=== |
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As a retired DOT professional.. I am interested in upgrading my former department's various wiki pages to add more info... They are missing program data, history,etc. and could be enhanced to match that of the [[EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA]] as an example ... More on this when I get into various components on the subject of risk.. Particularly, issues to do with engineering and project management in a [[United_States_administrative_law | regulatory context, i.e. United States administrative law]] and [[Wikipedia:NC-GAL | naming conventions]] for public agencies ... I also plan to add material on the agency projects ... |
As a retired DOT professional.. I am interested in upgrading my former department's various wiki pages to add more info... They are missing program data, history,etc. and could be enhanced to match that of the [[EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA]] as an example ... More on this when I get into various components on the subject of risk.. Particularly, issues to do with engineering and project management in a [[United_States_administrative_law | regulatory context, i.e. United States administrative law]] and [[Wikipedia:NC-GAL | naming conventions]] for public agencies ... I also plan to add material on the agency projects ... |
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===Wikipedian in Residence=== |
===Wikipedian in Residence=== |
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===Public Agencies=== |
===Public Agencies=== |
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:[[Technical report]] and the use of [[grey literature]]... as well as the broader category of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Documents documents] such as engineering reports, assessments ... [[Copyright status of work by the U.S. government]] and the subcategory of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Reports_of_the_United_States_government Category:Reports of the United States government] . [[Congressional Research Service reports]] and its public domain content [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:CRS template] as well as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_incorporating_text_from_public_domain_works_of_the_United_States_Government Category:United States government attribution templates government], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maryland_templates Maryland templates] |
:[[Technical report]] and the use of [[grey literature]]... as well as the broader category of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Documents documents] such as engineering reports, assessments ... [[Copyright status of work by the U.S. government]] and the subcategory of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Reports_of_the_United_States_government Category:Reports of the United States government] . [[Congressional Research Service reports]] and its public domain content [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:CRS template] as well as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_incorporating_text_from_public_domain_works_of_the_United_States_Government Category:United States government attribution templates government], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maryland_templates Maryland templates],[[Wikipedia:Public_domain_status_of_official_government_works]],[[Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government]], [[FOIA]] |
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:: Missing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_economic_reports_by_U.S._government_agencies economic census data] as well as statistics of income from IRS... |
:: Missing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_economic_reports_by_U.S._government_agencies economic census data] as well as statistics of income from IRS... |
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====[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Government WikiProject United States Government]==== |
====[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Government WikiProject United States Government]==== |
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=====[[Federal_Transit_Administration |Federal Transit Administration (FTA)]]===== |
=====[[Federal_Transit_Administration |Federal Transit Administration (FTA)]]===== |
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See COI statement above... [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index-numeric/401-to-500.html NARA materials] available... |
See COI statement above... [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index-numeric/401-to-500.html NARA materials] available... |
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See also this discussion on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government#Works_produced_by_contractors copyrighting] by Federal contractors such as FTA PMOs. |
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This the [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Federal_Transit_Administration wikisource material]s on FTA. Wiki Commons [ site id] as well. |
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* See also the problematic and tagged article on [[Program management]] |
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*[[High reliability organization]] think of transit as an HRO... |
*[[High reliability organization]] think of transit as an HRO... |
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*[https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration FTA issued regulations] |
*[https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration FTA issued regulations] |
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*[http://www.gao.gov/browse/a-z/Federal_Transit_Administration,_Department_of_Transportation,_Executive/?&rows=50&o=&now_sort=issue_date_dt+desc&now_sort=issue_date_dt%20asc,title_sort%20asc GAO audits of FTA] |
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*[https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/03/10/2014-04759/fta-fiscal-year-fy-2014-apportionments-allocations-and-program-information#table_of_contents FTA Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Apportionments] |
*[https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/03/10/2014-04759/fta-fiscal-year-fy-2014-apportionments-allocations-and-program-information#table_of_contents FTA Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Apportionments] |
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*[[Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]] |
*[[Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]] |
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==Railroads== |
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''See also [[Oldest_railroads_in_North_America|Oldest Railroads in North America]]'' |
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===[[Walkersville_Southern_Railroad |Walkersville Southern RR]]=== |
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{{For|the heritage railway operating between ... and ..., ...| ..and ... Narrow Gauge Railroad}} |
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I am a volunteer with the [[User:Risk_Engineer/Chesapeake_Railway_Association | Chesapeake Railway Association]] . I have been on the railway track gang since 2010. I have an interest in the history of the area and the railroad as well as recent events that impact the railroads future ... I will editing some of the material on these pages to bring them up to date... |
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See also [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Frederick_County,_Maryland requests] for Frederick county photographs... |
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Site on designating the railroad as a [http://mht.maryland.gov/nonprofits.html historical site] ... currently station is listed as [http://mdihp.net/dsp_county.cfm?criteria2=FR&criteria1=W historical property] ... |
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:Interestingly enough... the [[Maryland_Route_194 | Route 194]] article mentions the Maryland Mid but not the WSRR in its discussion of Walkersville and Woodsboro... |
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:Also the [[Crum_Road_Bridge|Crum Road Bridge]] is in Walkersville and the article needs to be updated ... |
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:[[U.S._Route_15_in_Maryland|U.S. Route 15 in_Maryland]] impacted the RR at harmony grove but doesn't in the article. |
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:Added WSRR references to the article in [[Western_Maryland|Western Maryland]] since the article references Walkersville. |
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: [[Spring Bank Farm]] |
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:To Do List: |
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::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Frederick_County,_Maryland Buildings and Structures in Frederick County] |
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::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bridges_in_Frederick_County,_Maryland Bridges in Frederick County] |
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::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Transportation_in_Frederick_County,_Maryland Transportation in Frederick County] |
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::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rail_infrastructure_in_Maryland Rail Infrastructure in Maryland ,see also Railroad Bridges] |
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::[[List_of_museums_in_Maryland|Museums in Maryland]] which needs to include WSRR museum |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/York,_Hanover_and_Frederick_Railway |York, Hanover and Frederick Railway]] |
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This was the predecessor RR to the WS ... |
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Working on other predecessor RR to the WS pages... |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/Littlestown Railroad Company | Littlestown Railroad Company]] |
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This railroad was chartered in February 17, 1854, reorganized under its present name in June 10 1864, was headquartered in Littlestown Pa. The railroad completed its first segment in July 1 1858 and opened for revenue service in 1859. |
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On May 23,1870 the Littlestown Railroad commenced its extension to the Maryland State line, connecting with the [[Frederick_and_Pennsylvania_Line_Railroad_Company |Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company (F&PL)]]. Ground was broken on the " Winterode farm," a half mile south from Littlestown. Major Diller, the contractor, was on hand with horses, cars, and a force of men, and immediately after the ceremonies were over commenced grading the line. <ref>{{cite journal|title=Littlestown extension to F&PL Breaks ground.|journal=American railroad journal |date=28|year=1870|month=May|volume=43|page=616|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.42518829;view=1up;seq=575|accessdate=11 May 2013}} Reported earlier by the Hanover Spectator. </ref> |
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The Pennsylvania railroad leased the railroad for 999 years from April 8 1875 for net earnings with PRR responsible for furnishing all equipments and repairs. If after payment of expenses any surplus remains it goes to company. In 1888, the rental of the railroad was $20,316.75 (US$|1889).<ref>History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Volume 1,William Bender Wilson (1894) at [http://books.google.com/books?id=qj9N-eWi71YC&dq=kingsdale%20railroad%20PA&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q=kingsdale%20railroad%20PA&f=false 193-193].</ref> <ref>{{cite book|last=J. P. Crittenden, Charles B. Helffrich, R. V. Page|title=Pennsylvania Securities: The Manual of the Corporations of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory ... (Google eBook)|year=1890|publisher=Burk & McFetridge|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=234|url=href="http://books.google.com/books?id=v600AQAAMAAJ&vq=Frederick%20and%20Pennsylvania&dq=John%20S.%20Leib%20Baltimore%20Maryland%201889&pg=PA234&ci=136%2C1219%2C728%2C223&source=bookclip"><img src="http://books.google.com/books?id=v600AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA234&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0gscw1qa2bv1gJePM7ZHsorfduYg&ci=136%2C1219%2C728%2C223&edge=0"/>}}</ref> |
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====[[Frederick_and_Pennsylvania_Line_Railroad_Company |Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company (F&PL)]]==== |
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:1873 Atlas of [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/34119 Frederick county], Maryland with [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/34119/p.29%20Woodsborough%2c%20District%2011.jpg?sequence=54 Woodsborough Map] and [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/34119/p.33%20Mt.%20Pleasant%2c%20District%2013.jpg?sequence=56 Walkersville/Mount Pleasant] map ... and then further south into [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/34119/p.10-11%20Frederick%2c%20District%202.jpg?sequence=45 Frederick City] |
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:Gross Receipts Tax Paid by F&PL: |
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::''(see also [http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/speeches/html/dathistory051402.html The historical legacy of taxation in the State of Maryland].)'' |
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::The State Controller wrote in his 1883 annual report about Corporations..."Corporations are the creatures of the State, and proverbially wealthy; but the taxes they pay, for the support of the government, which fosters and protects them, are far short of being commensurate to the wealth they embody." The gross receipts tax of 1872 was the first passed in Maryland. It applied to railroads only and remained in force until the passage of the general gross receipts act of 1894. This law,although having undergone frequent changes, was still in effect in 1913 and was a source of considerable revenue to the State and embraced all classes of public service corporations, except electric railway companies and freight car companies. Another exception is the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which paid a special tax instead. |
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::The tax rates as of 1913 were a graduated tax based on domestic gross receipts per mile, as follows: For the first $1,000 or less, 1% per cent.; from $1,000 to $2,000,2 per cent., and 2% per cent, upon gross receipts per mile above $2,000. <ref>{{cite book|title=Report of The Commission for the Revision of the Taxation System of the State of Maryland and City of Baltimore|year=1913|location=Baltimore,MD|pages=280-281|url=}}</ref> |
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::1879: F&PL paid $85.(Op. Cit.,Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1879, Volume 243, Page 30 ) |
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::1883:F&PL paid $270.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1883, Volume 247, Page 28 |url=http://aomol.net/000001/000247/html/am247--28.html|publisher=Archives of Maryland|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref> |
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::1884: F&PL paid $300.(Op. Cit.,Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1884, Volume 248, Page 29 ) |
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::1887:F&PL paid $266.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1887, Volume 251, Page 26|url=http://aomol.net/000001/000251/html/am251--26.html|publisher=Archives of Maryland|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref> |
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::1889:F&PL paid $240.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1889,Volume 253, Page 34|url=http://aomol.net/000001/000253/html/am253--34.html|publisher=Archives of Maryland|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref> |
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::1890:F&PL paid $257. (Op. Cit.,Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1890,Volume 254, Page 34 ) |
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::1891: F&PL paid $500 in gross receipts taxes to the State.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frederick and Pennsylvania Railroad Company taxes paid to Maryland|url=http://aomol.net/000001/000255/html/am255--35.html|work=Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1891|publisher=Maryland State Archives|accessdate=9 May 2013}} Volume 255, Page 35 </ref> |
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::1892:F&PL paid $547. (Op. Cit.,Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1892,Volume 256, Page 37) |
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::The Railroad had been built by the City of Frederick and leased to the PRR some time after it was built and sold to the PRR in 1896. .<ref>Thomas John Chew Williams n& Folger McKinsey, 1 History of Frederick County, Maryland (1910) at [http://books.google.com/books?id=h6w1YPiY0nYC&lpg=PA610&dq=Frederick%20Pennsylvania%20Line%20Rail&pg=PA402#v=snippet&q=Pennsylvania%20Line%20railroad&f=false 402-402].</ref> ISBN:9780806379746 |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/Frederick_and_Northern_Railroad_Company | Frederick & Northern]] |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/Central Railroad of Maryland | Central Railroad of Maryland]] |
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::During the year 1914 the Central Railroad of Maryland,which had commenced the building of a railroad extending from Keymar, Md., to Union Bridge, Md., a distance of 5.5 miles was, effective July 6th, 1914, consolidated with the York, Hanover & Frederick Railroad Company, forming a new corporation known as the York, Hanover & Frederick Railway Company, which was entirely owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The new Company completed in 1914 the construction of what then became a branch between Keymar and Union Bridge, which, with its main line from York, Pa., to Frederick, Md., gave it a total length of 61 miles. <ref>{{cite book|last=Schotter, H. Ward.|title=The growth and development of the Pennsylvania railroad company: a review of the charter and annual reports of the Pennsylvania railroad company 1846 to 1926, inclusive.|year=1927|publisher=Press of Allen, Lane & Scott|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=338|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b38943;view=1up;seq=370}}</ref> |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/Hanover_and_York_Railroad_Company | Hanover and York Railroad Company also known as Hanover Branch Railroad]] |
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**March 31, 1872: The annual report of this company, whose road,extending, from the Northern Central Railway west to Hanover, Pa., is 121 miles long. The capital account gives the cost of road, real estate, rolling stock, etc., at $272,868, which is at the rate $21,830 per mile. The company owns, besides material, etc., $36,000 in the stocks and bonds of connecting roads. Its capital stock amounts to $116,850, and there is no bonded debt,that having been paid out of the profits, which stand recorded in capital account, at $229,615 13.The following is a statement of the operations of the last fiscal year, ending March 31, 1872: |
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From through freight.... .. 439,790 68 |
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local freight............... 1,228 42 |
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passengers............ 18,597 10 |
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Adams Express Company . . 333 36 |
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Earnings on the Hanover Branch Railroad proper .....$69,187 48 |
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For working Gettysburg Railroad ..$12,37154 |
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For working Littlestown Railroad $2,665 20 |
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Total receipts.... .. $84,000 |
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The expenditures were Transportation. .. .. .. .$36,750 31 |
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Maintenance of road and buildings .... .... .. 11,850 33 |
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Taxes on dividends and U.S.taxes................ 3,332 04 |
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Contingencies, oflice expenses, &.c............. 638 86 |
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General superintendent. .... 600 00 |
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Salaries and expenses of Board.................. 1,228 00 |
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Total Expenses_---- 54,399 54 |
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Operating Profit from current year: $29,824 |
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from last year...$36,834 24 |
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Total Profits.... .... .... ..... $66,708 93 |
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The expenses were about 64 per cent. of the gross receipts, and the net earnings were equivalent to 25 per cent. of the capital stock. A ten per cent. dividend was made. The connecting roads which this company is assisting are the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line, which is an extension of its leased Littlestown Railroad from Littlestown (two or three miles from the Maryland line), southwestward to Frederick, Md., about 30 miles, and the Bachmann Valley Railroad, from a point on its line southward 18 miles to Ore Bank,Md., through hematite iron ore deposits.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Hanover Branch Annual Meeting.|journal=American railroad journal |date=18|year=1872|month=June|volume=45|page=780|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.42518709;view=1up;seq=672|accessdate=12 May 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad Company | York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad Company]] |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company | York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company]] |
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*[[Frederick and Williamsport Railroad Company]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, March 30, 1868|url=http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000142/html/am142--3169.html|work=Volume 142, Page 3169|publisher=Archives of Maryland online|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Frederick, Thurmont and Northern Railway Company]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Incorporating Frederick, Thurmont and Northern Railway Company |url=http://aomol.net/000001/000482/html/am482--1190.htmll|work=Session Laws, 1898 Session, Volume 482, Page 1190|publisher=Archives of Maryland online|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Washington and Cumberland Railroad Company]] authorized to take over Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. <ref>{{cite web|title=Session Laws of the State of Maryland,1890|url=http://aomol.net/000001/000396/html/am396--193.html|work=Volume 396, Page 193 |publisher=Archives of Maryland online|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Washington, Frederick and Gettysburg Railway Company]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Session Laws of the State of Maryland,1908|url=http://aomol.net/000001/000483/html/am483--1330.html |work=Volume 483, Page 1330 |publisher=Archives of Maryland online|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref> See also[http://www.hfrhs.org/Resources.htm Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Historical Society ] |
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*[[Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad]] |
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===Baltimore & Ohio=== |
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:[http://www.borail.net/Timeline.html B&O Timeline] and another [http://www.stocklobster.com/baohraco.html history outline] |
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::[[Old_Main_Line_Subdivision |Old Main Line Subdivision]]: For a really detailed mile by mile description see this [http://www.trainweb.org/oldmainline/index.htm website]. |
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::[[Frederick_Branch_(Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad)|Frederick Branch ]] |
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::[[Metropolitan_Branch | Metropolitan Branch ]] |
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:::Construction article:<ref>{{cite journal|title=Metropolitan branch completed to Harper's Ferry.|journal=American railroad journal|date=9|year=1872|month=March|volume=45|page=298|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.42518709;view=1up;seq=298|accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref> |
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::[[Metropolitan_Railroad_Company|Metropolitan Railroad Company]] was organized in 1853, to build a railroad from Georgetown, D. C., via Frederick to Hagerstown, MD. |
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:[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009776771 1838 survey] to extend the railroad from Frederick Maryland west to Wheeling and Pittsburgh. |
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:[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006782534 1856 survey] for B&O extension from Rockville to the Monocacy River. |
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===[[Western_Maryland_Railway | Western Maryland Railroad]]=== |
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*Western Maryland Railroad [http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/008970071 Annual reports] ... |
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*1853 [http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/000970228 survey] for Western Maryland. |
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*[[Joseph_S._Gitt | Gitt, Joseph]]. Report of the Survey and Location of the Western Maryland Railroad. Baltimore, 1865.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catoctin Mountain Park Historic Resource Study, Bibliography,Selected Sources|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/cato/hrsb.htm|publisher=US National Park Service|accessdate=6 May 2013}} See also the actual document at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.73602183;view=1up;seq=7 Report of the surveys and location for the extension of the Western Maryland Rail Road. ]</ref> |
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* [[Cumberland_and_Pennsylvania_Railroad|Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad]] and its [https://ia600603.us.archive.org/11/items/TheHistoryAndConstructionOfTheCumberlandAndPennsylvaniaRailroad/LeeJames-univarch-014603.pdf history] from UMD archives... |
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* Western Maryland [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3ws9b55t;view=1up;seq=11 railroad history] in Gettysburg. |
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*Carroll County is well supplied with railroad facilities. The Western Maryland Railroad was chartered in January, 1852, and work was commenced on it in July, 1857. It was completed to Union Bridge in 1861, and to Williamsport, on the Potomac River, in 1873. In its inception it was a Carroll County enterprise, the inhabitants of that section subscribing for nearly all of the original stock of the company. William Roberts, the president, and William W. Dallas, John Smith, Samuel McKinstry, J. Henry Hoppe,and John K. Longwell, directors, contracted with Messrs. Irwin, Taylor & Norris to build the road to Union Bridge, the contractors to receive the stock subscription, amounting to one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and six hundred thousand dollars in first mortgage bonds. It was subsequently completed to its present terminus on the Potomac River by Baltimore capitalists, who were very materially aided by Baltimore City. |
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===[[Maryland_Midland_Railway |Maryland Midland Railway (MMID)]]=== |
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ties into WS at Woodsboro, MD |
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[http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,1908134 Ma&PA running WSRR track in the 1970's] |
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===[[Transportation_in_Maryland#Transportation| Outline of Maryland Infrastructure ]]=== |
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*[[List_of_Maryland_railroads | List of Maryland Railroads]] |
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===Pennsylvania Railroad === |
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There are a variety of conflicts and gaps among these article as well as busted links.... This is my project!... as well as tying it into the WSRR articles above... |
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:[[Pennsylvania_Railroad]] state archives page on [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/prr_%28the_pennsylvania_r_r__co_%29/3853/prr_subsidiaries___successors/391978 materials] |
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::Source material for Corporate histories at State Archives:[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286PRR.htm Corporate Histories Prepared in Accord. w/ Val. Order #20 of ICC, 1916-1921. (1.25 cu. ft.) {#286m.80}] |
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Subsidiary companies such as |
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::Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad: [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286subaPC-K.htm PA State archives group] {#286m.870} thru {#286m.874}[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/prr_%28the_pennsylvania_r_r__co_%29/3853 manuscript group 286]; |
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::Frederick and Northern Railroad:[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286subaPC-K.htm PA State archives group] {#286m.868} thru {#286m.869} |
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::York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad (1897-1925): [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286subR-Z.htm PA State archives group]{#286m.1517} thru {#286m.1518}. |
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::York, Hanover and Frederick Railway (1926-1953): [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286subR-Z.htm PA State archives group]{#286m.1519} thru {#286m.1520}. |
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::Central Railroad of Maryland (1913-1914): [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286subaPC-K.htm PA State archives group]{#286m.627} thru {#286m.629}. |
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::Littlestown Railroad (1856-1892): [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286subL-P.htm PA State archives group]{#286m.1001} thru {#286m.1004}. |
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::Hanover and York Railroad (1873-1897): [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg286subaPC-K.htm PA State archives group]{#286m.897} thru {#286m.902}. |
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Valuation Maps held by [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/ys/m286-423pc94mapfilmys.htm PA archives] ...REAL ESTATE MAPS AND ATLASES, MICROFILMED IN 1976. (microfilm only, 49 rolls) |
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:RRV 1114 reel #5-15, Atlas # E-23, Frederick & Penna. Line RR (York, Hanover & Frederick RR), includes: Littlestown RR; Frederick & Northern RR,; Hanover & York RR: York-Hanover, PA, Hanover -MD state line, MD state line-Frederick. |
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:RRV 1115 reel #5-16, Atlas # E-24, York, Hanover & Frederick/Littletown RR: Kingsdale-Columbia |
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::[http://www.prrths.com/index.html Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society] and this [http://prr.railfan.net/documents/ source] |
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:::Detailed [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR_hagley_intro.htm Chronology] from the Hagley museum... this is an [https://www.google.com/search?as_q=&as_epq=Frederick&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prrths.com%2FHagley&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights= advanced search template] for the PRR chron setup for the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line... |
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::Pennsy Historical [http://pennsyrr.com/index.php/general/1954-track-guide site] for HO modelers... |
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* [http://www.naotc.org/history/prrforms.html LIST OF PENNSYLVANIA RR TIMETABLE FORMS] ... |
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** Form 39 Folder - Baltimore - Harrisburg - April 15,1935 - Nov 29,1936 Also shows service Columbia,Pa. to Frederick,Md. |
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** Form 42 Card - June 29,1885 Frederick Div & connections |
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Penn Central [http://www.unlikelypcrr.com/page9/page9.html Timetables] for Harrisburg Div and Frederick Secondary as well as [http://pc.smellycat.com/docs/index.html info] on the PC |
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*[http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/009698222 Financial analysis] of the PRR from 1927 |
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*[[Pennsylvania_Company]] |
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*[[Penn_Central]] |
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*[[List_of_Pennsylvania_Railroad_lines_east_of_Pittsburgh]] |
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*[[List_of_Pennsylvania_Railroad_lines_west_of_Pittsburgh]] |
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*[[List_of_Pennsylvania_Railroad_predecessor_railroads]] |
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*[[Pennsylvania_Lines_LLC]] |
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*[[Main_Line_(Pennsylvania_Railroad)]] ...the PRR chron links are busted on this page... |
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as well as these pages... |
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*[[Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1910–29)]] |
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*[[Gettysburg_and_Harrisburg_Railroad | Gettysburg and Harrisburg railroad]] |
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*[[Round_Top_Branch | Round Top Branch]] has Gitt material and references... |
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adding info to the RR templates... |
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*[[Template:PRR | PRR Eastern Branches]] |
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*[[Template:Maryland_railroads | Maryland Railroads, former and current]] |
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As well as some missing pages... |
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*[[User:Risk_Engineer/Penndel_Company | Penndel Company]] |
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===Reading Railroad === |
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*New Hope and Ivyland |
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:[[Rushland,_Pennsylvania]] |
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As well as some missing pages... |
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===[[Historic_American_Engineering_Record#Historic_American_Engineering_Record_.28HAER.29 | Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)]]=== |
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*[[Washington_Railway_and_Electric_Company|Washington Railway and Electric Company]] and a [https://ia600501.us.archive.org/31/items/TheHistoryOfTheMarylandLineOfTheWashingtonRailwayAndElectricCompany/WallaceJamesN-univarch-014991.pdf partial history] from the UMD archives.... |
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===Erie Railroad=== |
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[http://bergenwaldo.blogspot.com/p/about.html Bergen and Waldo tunnel discussions ] |
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===[[ Cumbres_and_Toltec_Scenic_Railroad | Cumbres & Toltec RR]]=== |
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[[File:2013 05 26 CT moc Chama ICC maps001.pdf|thumb|Engineering notes from a field survey made by the ICC of the DRG&W in 1916]] |
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Another volunteer activity for me. I recently joined the Friends organization as a volunteer for some work sessions this summer (2013) at [[Osier,_Colorado | Osier, Colorado]]. |
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*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/134.html#top Denver and Rio Grande Valuation Maps from the ICC] is one of my research projects... |
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====[[Chama Yard]]==== |
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The ICC made a field survey of the Chama yard in 1916. These are the field notes from that survey... |
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===[[Milwaukee_Road |Milwaukee Road]]=== |
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Places along the RR in Montana |
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==Railroad Surveyors== |
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Railroad reconnaissance and surveying discussion... |
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:NPS study for Delaware and Lackawanna describing the development, improvement, and maintenance of a railroad right-of-way required for proper functioning.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clemensen|first=A. Berle.|title=Historic resource study: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Line, Scranton to Slateford Junction,Pennsylvania.|year=1991|publisher=National Park Service, Denver Service Center.|location=Denver, Colo.:|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015024897897;view=1up;seq=7}}</ref> |
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: See also | this [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015040683743;view=1up;seq=1 Pennsylvania canal study] by the same author ... {{See Also|Track_transition_curve}} |
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*[[Campbell_W._Adams | Campbell W. Adams]] |
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*[[Edward_L._Berthoud |Edward L. Berthoud]] |
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*[[James_Evans|James Evans]] from [[First_Transcontinental_Railroad#Union_Pacific_Route]] ... A new, shorter, "better" route was already being surveyed out in 1864–67. A new route across part of Nebraska and Wyoming was found and surveyed that ascended a gradual sloping ridge between Lodgepole Creek and Crow Creek to 8,200 feet (2,500 m) Evan's pass (also called Sherman's Pass) which was discovered by the Union Pacific employed English surveyor and engineer, James Evans, in about 1864.[21] This pass now is marked by the Ames Monument (41.131281,-105.398045 lat., long.) marking its significance and commemorating two of the main backers of the Union Pacific Railroad. |
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*[[Weston Gillette (surveyor and civil engineer)]] |
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*[[Joseph_S._Gitt | Joseph S. Gitt]] .. and his protege..[[P._H._Irwin|Patrick Henry Irwin]] some of my first pages... yeah!... |
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*[[Jay_A_Given|Jay A. Given]] (b. 1883- d. ?) was a [[location engineer]] and civil engineer living in Redding, Shasta, California in 1940 for the [[Southern_Pacific|Southern Pacific railroad]] in the 20th century.. authored a text on subject entitled .."[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015019898314 Notes on railroad location and construction procedures from the school of experience]. Chicago, American Railway Engineering Association [1954] |
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*[[John_A_Hayden|John A Hayden]] (b. 1825, Martinsbury,Virginia - d. ?) Chief Engineer for the constructing the [[Frederick_and_Pennsylvania_Line_Railroad_Company|Frederick and Pennsylvania Line]] RR. |
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**Service records of CSA Engineers are in Microfilm Publication M258, Rolls 103 - 110. Hayden should be on roll 106. |
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*[[J.W. Kimball (surveyor)]] |
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*[[Frederick_W._Lander|Frederick W. Lander]] was part of the transcontinental surveys to select a route for a Pacific railroad. Later he undertook a survey for the same purpose at his own expense and was the only man of the party to survive. |
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*[[Jared_Mansfield | Jared Mansfield]] [[Surveyor_General_of_the_Northwest_Territory |(U.S. Surveyor General)]]* |
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Discussion on basics of [http://www.scn.org/sbtp/swbk-grmeas.html surveying for trail locations]... looks good ... |
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:Need to rewrite these survey terms.. [[Perch_%28unit%29|Perch]] ... [[Chain (unit)]] |
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and of course... the [[Mason–Dixon_line|Mason-Dixon]] crew that surveyed the Pennsylvania Maryland state line.... |
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==Railroad Engineers== |
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''See also [[American_Railway_Engineering_Association#American_Railway_Engineering_Association|American Railway Engineering Association]] as well as a great [http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/railway/railhom.htm#civil railroad engineering website] and [http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/techhom.htm engineering] as well...'' |
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Railroad Tie association links to [http://www.rta.org/comprehensive-rail-and-track-related-research engineering data] ... IRS [http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Railroad-Industry-Overview-Series---Industry-Terms---October-2007 site] on RR data ... trains west [http://www.railswest.com/track.html site] |
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* [[Horatio_Allen|Horatio Allen]] (May 10, 1802 – December 31, 1889) was an American civil engineer and inventor. |
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* [[Virgil_Bogue|Virgil Bogue]] civil engineer for Western Maryland in 1891... then headed up construction thru the Feather river in California.. |
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* [[Wendel_Bollman|Wendel Bollman]] of Baltimore, MD. and replacing his bridges on the [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/ummu2ic/x-ls017994/ls017994 Shenandoah valley RR] in 1924.. UMich file ref ..LS017994 |
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* [[Henry_R_Campbell|Henry R. Campbell]] who produced a [http://www.loc.gov/item/98688668#about-this-item map and profile] of the Gettysburg Rail Road as ordered by the legislature of Pennsylvania in 1839. |
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* [[Alexander_Cassatt|Alexander Cassatt]] |
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* [[Lewis_Metzler_Clement|Lewis Metzler Clement (1837-1914)]] worked on a number of major railroads ...[http://cprr.org/Museum/Lewis_Metzler_Clement.html life history] ... |
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* [[Theodore_Cooper|Theodore Cooper (1839-1919)]] |
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* Major [[David_Bates_Douglass|David Bates Douglass]], professor of engineering <ref name="USMA ACADEMIC STAFF roster">{{cite web |url=digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/oroc/v1829.pdf |title=Academic staff roster for 1829 |work=US Military Academy Library |accessdate=2013-06-30}}</ref> at [[History_of_the_United_States_Military_Academy|West Point Military Academy]] and [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsmss/umich-wcl-M-1390dou working papers]. |
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**[[James_Chatham_Duane|James Chatham Duane]], another USMA civil engineer. |
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* [[Herman_Haupt | Herman Haupt ]] ....he worked with [[Joseph_S._Gitt |Joseph Gitt]] at the "tapeworm" railroad project near Gettysburg. |
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* [[John_B._Jervis|John Bloomfield Jervis]] (December 14, 1795 – January 12, 1885)..Jervis was hired for work on the [[Erie Canal]] as an axeman in 1817. While working on the construction teams, he studied engineering, at a time when there were few engineering schools in the United States. By 1819 he became the lead engineer on the canal's 50 mile long center section.<ref name="Jervis Library">{{cite web |url=http://www.jervislibrary.org/jpl_history.html |title=The First One Hundred Years |work=Jervis Public Library |accessdate=2005-03-09}}</ref> his papers are in a library... |
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* [[Jonathan_Knight_(railroader)| Jonathan Knight ]] did preliminary engineering for the construction of the original mainline segment for the B&O railroad.[https://www.google.com/search?as_q=Baltimore+and+Ohio+railroad+survey&as_epq=Jonathan+Knight&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights= google search] |
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* [[Samuel B. Reed]] needs to be fixed.. goes to another ..an architect.. [http://railroads.unl.edu/documents/search.php?yearStart=&yearStop=&collection=Reed&publication=&per_page=20&page=8 external website] |
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* [[William_Gardner_Smyser|William Gardner Smyser]] born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1845. He attended the public schools of Norristown, Pennsylvania, also the Tremont Seminary, and entering the Polytechnic College of Philadelphia was graduated in 1865 in the civil engineering course. During the Civil war as a boy he had trained with the military company in the Polytechnic College, but was never called into service.<ref>{{cite web|title=extracted from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans.|url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0021547|work=A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans.|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> He was the son of Daniel M. Smyser who graduated from Dickinson College at Carlisle with the degree of A. B., read law, and became noted as a Pennsylvania lawyer, and was once a law partner of the famous Pennsylvanian and national character,(Ibid.) [[Thaddeus_Stevens |Thad Stevens]] in his position on the Canal commission the promoter of the [[Tapeworm_Railroad | Tapeworm railroad]]. He later worked with [[Joseph_S._Gitt |Gitt]] on the European & North American Railroad from Bangor, Maine, to St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. He finished his career working with the [[ATSF_Railway |AT&SF railway ("Santa Fe")]] in Topeka Kansas.<ref>{{cite web|title=extracted from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans.|url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0021547|work=A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans.|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Mount_Savage_Locomotive_Works|Mount Savage Locomotive Works]] ..This isn't an engineer as much as a template for a builder ... |
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* [[John_Edgar_Thomson|John Edgar Thomson]] early engineer on PRR and later its president...worked with Haupt on horseshoe curve ... |
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* [[Ashbel Welch]], Civil Engineer, (1809-1882) [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55600434 obit] at find a grave ... |
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* [[Arthur_M._Wellington|Arthur M. Wellington]] author of "The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways" ... |
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* [[Squire_Whipple|Squire Whipple]] known as the father of iron bridge building in America.<ref>[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0017 Survey number HAER NY-4] - Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY (Biography on page 3)</ref> |
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See also engineering elements such as [[Track_geometry|Track Geometry]] and this site for [http://www.jghtech.com/html/lflsrm-reading-list.html railway engineering] texts. |
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:Constructing a bridge: an exploration of engineering culture, design, and research in nineteenth-century France and America ...[http://umaryland.worldcat.org/title/constructing-a-bridge-an-exploration-of-engineering-culture-design-and-research-in-nineteenth-century-france-and-america/oclc/34409451?referer=br&ht=edition call number] TG71 .K73 1997 |
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:Structural and civil engineering design:ISBN: 9780860787617, part of the series - "Studies in the history of civil engineering" UMD call number: TA658 .S83 1999 |
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:Engineering of medieval cathedrals: ISBN: 9780860787501, part of the series - "Studies in the history of civil engineering" UMD call number: TH4221 .E54 1997 |
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See also [[Grover_Shoe_Factory_disaster|Grover Shoe Factory disaster]] for discussion on boiler engineering. |
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==Railroad Bridges and Trestles== |
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Always a passion of mine... |
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:[[Kinzua Bridge]] in Pennsylvania, once one of the highest in the world... |
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:[[Rosendale_trestle|Rosendale trestle]] |
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:[[Valley_Road_Bridge,_Stewartstown_Railroad|Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad]] |
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:Local flooding changed most of the railroad bridges, see this search on the [http://www.google.com/search?as_q=+Flood+%E2%80%93+Spring+1936+Frederick+Maryland+railroad+bridges&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights= Spring 1936 flood] |
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Excellent [http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1640184 paper (Krieg,M)] on 19th century Bridge construction as well as [http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/techhom.htm more technical analysis] from this engineering school |
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=BcbxRXYUFc0C&lpg=PA735&dq=herman%20haupt%20Hints%20on%20Bridge%20Building&pg=PA735#v=onepage&q=herman%20haupt%20Hints%20on%20Bridge%20Building&f=false History of Structural Engineering] |
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:State of Maryland work materials... |
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::[http://roads.maryland.gov/Index.aspx?PageId=258 Short article on Bollman] |
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::[http://roads.maryland.gov/oppen/v-mtrus.pdf MTA SHA article on 19th and 20th century bridge designers and constructors] ... |
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Another a passion of mine... |
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*[[Howard_Tunnel|Howard Tunnel]] |
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*[[Northbrae_Tunnel|Northbrae Tunnel]] |
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*[[Sand Patch Grade]] |
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==Railroad Authors== |
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*[[Harre W. Demoro]] ''(see also [http://www.signaturepress.com/authors/hwd.html Demorro Biography])'' |
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==[[Industrial_archaeology|Industrial Archaeology (IA)]]== |
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:The systematic study of material evidence associated with the industrial past. In the United States, this ties back to the HABS and HAER programs discussed above. There are [http://www.cr.nps.gov/hdp/standards/guidelines.htm guidelines] issued by the NPS on their structure and content; for [http://www.cr.nps.gov/hdp/standards/haerguidelines.htm Engineering surveys] and [http://www.cr.nps.gov/hdp/standards/habsguidelines.htm Architectural/Building surveys]. |
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:[[Industrial_archaeology#1970s-1980s|Reference material]] on Robert M Vogel. This individual was recognized for his contributions by the creation of the [http://www.siahq.org/awards/robertmvogelprize.html Vogel prize] in Industrial Archaeology.. for example see [[Oneida_Lake#References|Oneida Lake, NY]] references to Vogel prize and [[B_%26_O_Railroad_Potomac_River_Crossing|B&O Potomac River Crossing]] |
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:[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Atlantic_Monthly/Volume_2/No._6/Railway-Engineering_in_the_United_States The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 2/No. 6/Railway-Engineering in the United States] containing significant economic analysis and data for 1858. |
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==[http://www.constructionhistorysociety.org/XXXindex.php Construction History Society:American Society Overview]== |
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:[http://www.constructionhistorysociety.org/publications.php Construction History Journal] of the The USA... as opposed to the UK... |
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:UK society... [http://www.constructionhistory.co.uk Construction History Society] |
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==Civil Engineering== |
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I have had a life long interest in project management and cost controls in projects and this has blossomed into risk management in the last decade... |
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:Look to improve articles such as ... [[Hardy Cross]], [[Building code]] ..[[Uncertainty_and_errors_in_cfd_simulation]] |
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::[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Engineering|Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering]], |
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:: see also [[Wikipedia:Pages_needing_attention/Engineering|Pages needing attention/Engineering]] such as ..[[Infrastructure]] |
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::[[Engineering_design]] |
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my interest now is work with other professionals to develop "risk engineering" as a recognized sub-discipline of civil engineering. |
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This would be consistent with the [[ American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers|ASCE]] [[Civil_Engineering_Body_of_Knowledge |Body of Knowledge project]] ( or ASCE BoK) as well as the [[ Project_Management_Institute | Project Management Institute]] [[A_Guide_to_the_Project_Management_Body_of_Knowledge |Body of Knowledge project]] ( or PM BoK) and its realted cousin, the ISO project management standard. |
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===[[ Project_Management_Institute | Project Management Institute]] [[A_Guide_to_the_Project_Management_Body_of_Knowledge |Body of Knowledge project]] ( or PM BoK)=== |
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===[[International Organization for Standardization]] [[ISO 21500]] Guidance on Project Management=== |
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Welcome ... I'm a professional engineer/amateur historian living in Maryland. I have a pretty wide variety of interests -- many of which involve travel in one form or another -- but here on Wikipedia I mostly devote my energy to articles about the history and geography of the railroads and engineering. I also enjoy cooking!
Like other users such as User:Antandrus, I enjoy working on significant but little-known topics ... subjects not likely to receive much attention on Wikipedia otherwise.
My background is four decades of engineering and project/program management experience in both the public and private sectors as well as operating my own engineering business and affiliated teaching experiences in engineering, project management and project accounting.
What is Wikipedia?
[edit]I am astonished at this thing called Wiki... and recommend you read this wiki page or the missing manual to grasp some of the breath of this as a body of knowledge. As its literature notes, they are here to build an encyclopedia. See also the material on making technical articles understandable.
The policy of the wiki and its objectives, Wikipedia:Principles and its Neutral Point of View objective, or NPOV as well as discussion on public domain issues; Wikipedia:Non-free content,Permission examples as well as general PD template and US Government PD templates.
- Good articles on Engineering discussion ...
- Public records as well as state public records ... the key point in this is the connection between public records and public domain materials that can be used in Wikipedia... Freedom of information legislation
- Guidance on developing new pages is located on this page... for more advanced page organization guidelines see this wiki article.
- Manual of Style/Layout and the overlying Manual of Style.
In some cases these new articles involve reporting on specific very technical reports issued by US Governmental and occasionally State/Local agencies ... no existing guidelines are available to use in developing these type of articles/pages... so I have embarked upon developing some templates.. using this help page for templates... if one gets "stuck" then deploy {{Helpme}} on your talk page and ask for the help you require immediately below it.
- For help on editing pages ... General Discussion on wiki markup details .... see this tutorial ... For help on editing talk pages...
- For disambiguation guidance .. see [1]
- For help on TOCs..
Look up risk engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- For Hat-notes... Help on user pages...
- For abandoning a draft, just put '{{db-user}}'at the start of it.
- For guidance on "Identifying and using primary and secondary sources" .. as well as Wikipedia:No_original_research and articles summaries ...for Templates on infoboxes and more templates and Categories ..help on images
For Wiki markup specifics, help on links ... For naming conventions
As I have learned in the past few years working on wiki, there is a lot of duplication. This is true in the case of template material and guidance for citations and sources. This Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles is a very good overview and set of examples. For more help on citations also citing sources ... and templates for citing journals ... as well as for templates and documentation ...see also .. [http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Template:Main#.22For_more_details_on_.E2.80.A6.2C_see_.E2.80.A6.22 "main article" "see also" templates] ... for clarifying material see Disambiguation ... for articles requiring paid subscriptions such Ancestry.com
- For articles citing material that is no longer copyrighted and now in the public domain, use ...
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: {{cite book}}: Empty citation (help)
for US agencies use .. * {{USGovernment}} place this in the reference section ... see Federal law enforcement in the United States as an example ...
Additional citation direction ....if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:
- If you have permission from the author leave a message explaining the details on the article Talk page and send an email with the message to "permissions-en@wikimedia.org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions. See also Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials
- If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at the Talk page for the article with a link to where we can find that note (or a copy of the permission);
- If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on the article Talk page. Alternatively, you may create a note on your web page releasing the work under the GFDL and then leave a note at Talk article with a link to the details. see also this template.. {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}}
- See also Example permission requests
- See also this website for some great info on public domain info
- See also Wikimedia Commons for uploading materials...
For articles I have issues with... I can add this as a comment inside of double brackets ..
"refimprove section|date=mydate" or [citation needed] ... for lack of neutrality or factual basis ... Template:Lopsided or this [unbalanced opinion]
For editing out old texts with embedded carriage returns ...
Helpful User pages
[edit]Projects I am working on
[edit]As part of my efforts.. I have created various subpages as draft documents while put all the material together rather than tie up an actual wiki page... It is not possible to make a redirect to a special page, or to create normal pages beginning with the "Special:" prefix. You can see them if you scroll all the way down to the bottom and click on user subpages...
I also am working on drafts using the wiki sandbox(es) ... click on them above to see more ... enjoy!...
This is a listing of all my recent contributions.
Public Sources of Information
[edit]I could not have done this without archival efforts by others....
- first and foremost is Wiki-library itself... again amazing!...
- World CAT library search site ... Library of Congress services and catalog on ASCE engineering periodicals
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection at U Michigan...
- National Archives Access
- David Pfeiffer materials on railroads at the Archives...
- National Park Services online materials for railroads
- Google books and related sites, including Hathi Internet Trust for Railroad journal materials... incredible source ....
- Archives of Maryland online, policies ... Debates of the 1850 state constitutional convention and the benefit to the State from its investments in Railroads ... Maryland State Archives for Newspapers ... The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army. 1861-1865 by W. W. Goldsborough (1900) from the state archives.. UMD archives on the WPA in Maryland during the 1930s.
- Maryland HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDING SURVEY (HABS) COLLECTION ca. 1930-1940 (bulk 1936) record group PP85 includes Little Pipe bridge, Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society, 201 W. Monument St.Baltimore, MD 21201.
- Frederick County Court Records Up thru March 1869 and the following book of records which ends on October 1870 and the following book begins and ends on October 1872 ... the next book starts and ends in May 1873 and the next book begins . The 1896 court record begins in Book 38 ,pages 1 to 752.
- Frederick County Land Records and Land Plats home page
- Frederick County GIS home and maps
- Frederick County preservation assistance program.
- History of Frederick County by John Thomas Scharf
- Thomas John Chew Williams and Folger McKinsey, History of Frederick County, Maryland, , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1979, ISBN 0-8063-7973-1.
- Western Maryland Regional Library,101 Tandy Drive,Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
- Frederick County surveyor records ...(Survey Record, Index)1784-1915 CM510 Film Reels:CR 11670-1 (Scanned) Description:See CR 38,446 for ret. of HMSA Citation:MSA CM510-1
- Frederick Historical Society website ... ancestry website and info for Maryland... Baltimore collection of Frederick County history.
- Wiki category of people from Frederick County.
- Wiki category of Frederick County geography
- Thurmont history image website ...loads of RR materials ...
- Emmittsburg Historical Society website.
- Carrol County Historical Society
- Adams County Pennsylvania History ...railroads
- Maryland Topo maps site.. Maryland state maps... Sanborn maps at LOC..
- Maryland State Names and Places (1904 Gazetteer, Accessed May 2013) [1] and the Maryland register of historical places ... A 1867 geographical description of Frederick County with a reference to the newly incorporated Frederick and Pennsylvania Line railroad. Extending Walkersville MD city limits-1941 ... Town incorporated in 1892.
I am researching the property acquisitions for the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line RR in the period of 1869 thru 1871.
- Pennsylvania State Archives: PRR and successors archives...
- Library of Congress and its historical survey resources as well as its "built in America" project.
- Appleton's American Biography a source but should be read with caution...
- Pittsburgh University digital photo collections and the PRR...
Public Agency Wiki articles
[edit]As a retired DOT professional.. I am interested in upgrading my former department's various wiki pages to add more info... They are missing program data, history,etc. and could be enhanced to match that of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA as an example ... More on this when I get into various components on the subject of risk.. Particularly, issues to do with engineering and project management in a regulatory context, i.e. United States administrative law and naming conventions for public agencies ... I also plan to add material on the agency projects ...
Wikipedian in Residence
[edit]I am interested in supporting Federal programs that engage in the design and construction of mega-projects and infrastructure as a Wikipedian in Residence]These programs serve the interests of the American people.. sometimes we meet their expectations and sometimes we don't but nonetheless I seek to preserve the history of these programs and their lessons learned. I encourage these programs to seek out Wikipedians to develop the material on these programs and make them accessible to the public. Please feel free to leave a note on my talk page if there is an interest...
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
[edit]As a retired public agency employee and "unpaid" Wikipedia editor, I have a conflict of interest in writing about some agency programs. I also possess significant knowledge and experience with agency operations and I wish to edit responsibly. Therefore, I will follow Wikipedia policies and best practices scrupulously. I will disclosing my interest on their user pages and on the talk page of the article in question, and to request the views of other editors and if necessary I will make suggestions on the relevant talk page.
- See also this material on COI disclosure- User:Econterms/COI
- NARA COI material and templates... NARA Wikipedia project
Public Agencies
[edit]- Technical report and the use of grey literature... as well as the broader category of documents such as engineering reports, assessments ... Copyright status of work by the U.S. government and the subcategory of Category:Reports of the United States government . Congressional Research Service reports and its public domain content template as well as the Category:United States government attribution templates government, Maryland templates,Wikipedia:Public_domain_status_of_official_government_works,Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government, FOIA
- Missing economic census data as well as statistics of income from IRS...
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Office_of_the_Federal_Register, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Administrative Conference of the United States and their external site... Incorporation by Reference in an Open Government Age.
Office of Management and Budget , Category:United States Office of Management and Budget, Baseline (budgeting), Issuance of OMB’s “Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices”
Clinger–Cohen Act The Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) of 1996 requires agencies to use a disciplined Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process to acquire, use, maintain and dispose of information technology (IT). It also encourages the use of performance- and results-based management of these initiatives. Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Government procurement in the United States ... this last one needs a lot of work .... Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Government Accountability Office
List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies
United States Department of Energy , org charts ,DOE Program and Staff Offices
United States Forest Service as well as the amazing..List of legislation governing the United States Forest Service good templates for use... defining new ones for engineering and construction ...
Bureau of Land Management , United States Bureau of Reclamation,
United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA ..Policy & Guidance ... plus a history of risk assessment at EPA! ... and more guidance
- Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty
- For Attribution -- Developing Data Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards
See COI statement above... NARA materials available... See also this discussion on copyrighting by Federal contractors such as FTA PMOs. This the wikisource materials on FTA. Wiki Commons [ site id] as well.
- See also the problematic and tagged article on Program management
- High reliability organization think of transit as an HRO...
- FTA issued regulations
- GAO audits of FTA
- FTA Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Apportionments
- Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
- United States National Research Council , Engineering_and_Physical_Sciences , Board on Infrastructure and Constructed Environment , * DOE PM studies
- Transportation Research Board and its subsidiary programs... National Cooperative Highway Research Program and its counterpart... the TCRP...which has no wiki site on it yet...
- NJT's Access to the Region's Core, or ARC
- MTACC's Eastside Access or ESA
- MTACC's Second Ave Subway.. or SAS
- LACMTA's MEGLEE project
- PAAC's North Shore Connector project...
- Silver Spring Center ...Montgomery County website ... Office of Legislative Oversight
Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railway Administration, Interstate Commerce Commission.
- Valuation Orders: these are a valuable source for railroad researchers .. this is a site that provides additional information on their structure. See also Pennsylvania Archives on PRR see also the Wikiproject for this ICC effort.
- In 1951, the AAR produced an index[2] of ICC valuation reports that identified their docket number, volume and page numbers. :Several of the railroads I am studying are listed in these reports...
- York, Hanover and Frederick railroad has two references:
- Docket #887,Volume # 22, page 1;
- Docket #887,Volume # 23, page 1225;
- York, Hanover and Frederick railroad has two references:
- For all Maryland state railroads..
- Emmitsburg Railroad Company
- Docket #582,ICC Volume # 116, page 447;
- Emmitsburg Railroad Company
Last but not least is the United States Railroad Administration, one of the few instances of nationalization of such a scale in US history ...
- State of Maryland: State Government Manual
- Michigan Highway network ..compare that to Maryland's... I know ..I know it's highways not transit ...
Pages made better (or at least tried to)
[edit]- Mount_Olivet_Cemetery_(Hanover)
- New_Oxford,_Pennsylvania
- Adding role of Hanover, PA in the war of 1812
- Utica,Maryland a community in Frederick county, MD
- Coordinate material between these sites Ithiel_Town#Town.27s_Lattice_Bridge, Lattice_truss_bridge#Wood_lattice_truss_bridges with that of North Carolina site on Town's work in that state.
Pages I am planning to work on...
- Aaron Jay Kernis, musical composer.
- Hans Jonas, The Gnostic Religion
- Marie Elisabeth Lüders women's history ...
User Boxes
[edit]working on developing user boxes.. Wikipedia:Userboxes/Transportation
Notelist
[edit]References
[edit]Poor, Henry V (1860). "Gettysburg Railroad". History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States (Google Books). New York: John H. Schultz and Co. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of Maryland And Delaware , Volume 2 (Google eBook). Washington: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
- ^ Rice, Herbert William (1951). Index of the (ICC) Valuation reports. Washington, DC: Association of American Railroads. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
See also
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Category:Companies affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Category:Pennsylvania railroads
Category:Maryland railroads
Category:Defunct Maryland railroads
Category:Frederick County, Maryland
Category:Former Class I railroads in the United States
Category:Railroads transferred to Conrail
Category:Railway companies established in 1870
Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1982
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- WikiProject United States Government participants
- WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors participants
- Wikipedians in Maryland
- Wikipedians in the United States
- Wikipedians interested in Maryland
- Male Wikipedians
- Irish Wikipedians
- Wikipedians interested in history
- Wikipedians interested in rail transport
- Wikipedians interested in photography
- Wikipedians with PE credentials
- WikiProject Ghost towns participants
- Wikipedian civil engineers