Training Manual . — Irkutsk: IRIIT, 1999. — 112 s. IL. 2 . Table3. Appliance. 3. Training manual for course design is intended for students of specialties: 290900 "Construction of railways, track and track" and 240100 "Organization of transportation and management in railway transport" of higher educational institutions of full-time and correspondence forms of education . Part 2 of the manual discusses the issue of choosing design standards for the new . -d. lines according to the Construction and Technical Standards of the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation STN C-01-95 "Railways gauge 1520 mm" . Recommendations for the effective study of STN. Part 2 of the manual contains the necessary material for the implementation of the third section of the course project on the topic "Project of the section of the new railway line" in the discipline "Research and design of railways" for specialty 290900 and design and graphics (control work No. 2) "Project of the section of the new railway line" in the discipline "Fundamentals of geodesy and design of railways" for specialty 240100. Annex 1 provides a summary of selected sections of the STN. Annex 3 highlights the feasibility of applying simulation techniques to improve railway design standards.