Contributions to Practical Railroad Information

This is a series of articles by Dr. C. B. Dudley, Chemist, and F. N. Pease, Assistant Chemist, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who are in charge of the testing laboratory at Altoona. They will give summaries of original researches and of work done in testing materials in the laboratory referred to, and very complete specifications of the different kinds of material which are used on the road and which must be bought by the Company. These specifications have been prepared as the result of careful investigations, and will be given in full, with the reasons which have led to their adoption. These chapters will be followed by others on different kinds of railroad supplies. Managers, superintendents, purchasing agents and others will find these Contributions to Practical Railroad Information of special value in indicating the true character of the material they must use and buy.

This series was published in The Railroad and Engineering Journal between 1889-1898. To make it easier to follow the series I extracted them from yearly copies of the journal on Google Books. I found this series to be an intersting read, especially the chapters on paints and painting railroad equipment.