How is the cant measured?

The good old times Since the early beginnings of the railway, the track engineers were aware of the centrifugal forces influence to the train riding when passing through a curved section of track. To compensate this influence, the track was inclined laterally by creating a positive level difference between the outer and inner rails of a…

Why a right hand curve is positive?

In transportation engineering there is the following signage convention  for curves in horizontal alignment design: a right hand curve is considered positive a left hand curve is considered negative This convention is considered relative to the stationing direction of that alignment. This signage convention is established in the following way (see the figure above):