Mexican Central Railroad
From: "Chris Graves" caliron@att.net
I am hoping that someone in the blog may know who engineered the "Mexican Central Railroad," as I have a lengthy handwritten (in English) document entitled Mexican Central Railroad, Instructions for the Guidance of Surveys and Locations, 1882.
Subtitled in this document are:
Distance; Rise and Fall; Curvature; Radius of Curvature; Compensation for Curvature; Gradients; Momentum Grades; Maps; Profiles; Topography; Projecting Location.
The final page is noted: Aff; Palmer, scribe
Should anyone be able to shed some light on this document, it would be appreciated.
—G J Chris Graves, Newcastle, Cal.
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 9:17 PM
4 Comments:
From: "Chris Graves" caliron@cwnet.com
Was Grandfather Clement involved in this?
—Chris Graves
From: Bruce C. Cooper
LMC may well have been as I know he did some work on railroads in Mexico at about this time which would have one year after he left the employ of the CPRR. Is there anything in the document you have that makes mention of him?
BCC
From: "Chris Graves" caliron@cwnet.com
Who ever wrote this document in 1882 was a surveyor/engineer that had extensive railroad experience. The handwriting is neat and well formed. The verbiage is that of a trained (no pun) professional. The writer goes into great detail in every part of the document; the fellow really knows his stuff.
Running 18 pages, the only name is PALMER, who named himself as 'scribe', on the last page.
—Chris
From: KyleWyatt@aol.com
My recollection is the Mexican Central RR had Santa Fe affiliations.
—Kyle
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