. Cassier's magazine. THE RAILWAYS OF NATAL *7. THE KITCHEN ON THE RESTAURANT-CAR OF THE CORRIDOR DINING EXPRESS between Durban and Ladysmith (190miles) is 1 in 30, the line continuallyrising or falling. A train running fromDurban to Charlestown, on the Trans-vaal border, has to ascend in the aggre-gate the equivalent of nearly 2}^ milesof vertical elevation, crossing altitudesof 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 feet abovesea-level, which, when reached, areoften lost again and have to be recov-ered. For example, at Thornville Junction(59 miles from Durban) the train is 3054feet above the sea; 13 mile
. Cassier's magazine. THE RAILWAYS OF NATAL *7. THE KITCHEN ON THE RESTAURANT-CAR OF THE CORRIDOR DINING EXPRESS between Durban and Ladysmith (190miles) is 1 in 30, the line continuallyrising or falling. A train running fromDurban to Charlestown, on the Trans-vaal border, has to ascend in the aggre-gate the equivalent of nearly 2}^ milesof vertical elevation, crossing altitudesof 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 feet abovesea-level, which, when reached, areoften lost again and have to be recov-ered. For example, at Thornville Junction(59 miles from Durban) the train is 3054feet above the sea; 13 miles farther on(Maritzburg) it has descended 800 feet;in the next 12 miles the loss is morethan regained, and at Hilton Road 3700feet are attained; 50 miles farther on,at a station most appropriately named Highlands, a height of 5000 feet isreached, only to be reduced to 3284 feetat Ladysmith. Proceeding, the summitof the Biggarsburg chain is crossed at Glencoe at a height of 4400 feet, andwhen the border is reached the trainwill have climbed to
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