Railway age (1870) (14574038630)

Identifier: railwayage44newy (find matches)
Title: Railway age
Year: 1870 (1870s)
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Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: New York (etc.) R.G. Lewis (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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to those In America, having through passages and endplatforms. .\t Kaochlao, which means High Bridge and is 60miles from Sbanhalkwan. there Is a branch line running north-wo.-;tiriy for 30 miles, and connecting with the Nanplao coal mines.These mines are pronounced by experts to be the richest and mostvaluable coal mines In North China. There are two large bridgeson the Shanhalkwan-Newchwang lines—one across the Tallngho.east of Klnchow, and the other over the Siaollngho. immediatelysouth of the same city. The latter bridge, which was of muchmore difficult construction than the other, was built by a Chinesecivil engineer who graduated from the Sheflfleld Scientific Schoolof Yale University. .41 Yingkow, the sea port of Newchwang. Isthe more Important terminus of the extra-mural line; 1,000 acreshave been bought to take care of the traffic The author statesthat In the preparation of this report he was greatly assisted bythe Chinese Daily Kanfangpao. Mav S, J908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE.
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(^7>(> THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. V..I XIJV . No. 19. Picked Up on the Road. 1!V (il I.I. The use of Know fences by American railroads In the northernI limatf;B has come de novo diirinB the past 15 years. It was alongill 18!l.i or 1894 that an article appeared In the Iteiiie Generale tlinIlunntiin ill: fi-r, Riving, In thf usual French completeness of detail.I lie designs of snow fences on the several European roads and theicsults obtained from their use. At that time a snow fence wasalmost entirely unknown in the United States, while abroad Iheywere common, csjieclally In the Alpine country, though there wasvery far from being a uniformity of design. Soon afterward, In con-x,>(iuence of attention having been called lo the matter or becauseo! spontaneous processes of thought, the 6now fence appeared inthis country. Us form was tentative at first, and In some casearecourse was had to thro^vlng up a bank of snow lo serve as a de-flector—a device said to have been elflclent. but no