. The romance of modern locomotion; containing interesting descriptions (in non-technical language) of the rise and development of the railroad systems in all parts of the world . c slope. One of these, theHowse Pass, offered comparatively easy gradients,but it would have added thirty miles to the lengthof the line. The Kicking Horse Pass, on the otherhand, was short but steep, and in order to completethe transcontinental track without loss of time, theengineers decided to build a temporary line throughthe Kicking Horse Pass, and replace it later on bythe more circuitous but gentler gradients
. The romance of modern locomotion; containing interesting descriptions (in non-technical language) of the rise and development of the railroad systems in all parts of the world . c slope. One of these, theHowse Pass, offered comparatively easy gradients,but it would have added thirty miles to the lengthof the line. The Kicking Horse Pass, on the otherhand, was short but steep, and in order to completethe transcontinental track without loss of time, theengineers decided to build a temporary line throughthe Kicking Horse Pass, and replace it later on bythe more circuitous but gentler gradients of theHowse Pass. In the 44 miles between the sum-mit of the Rockies and the mouth of the pass in thevalley of the Columbia River, a fall of 2747 feetwas accomplished, and in that distance, in additionto other minor streams, the Kicking Horse Riverwas crossed nine times, and, exclusive of tunnels,1,500,000 cubic yards were excavated, 370,000 ofwhich were of rock. The drilling for this, owingto the impossibility of conveying machinery to thespot, was done by hand. In one part treacherouslandslips gave far more trouble than even thehardest rock. ^ ^ Quarterly Review, ■> .« o *S o >2 ^ ^ ^ 9 The Canadian Pacific Railway Early in 1885, while the eastern sections of theC. P. R. were being linked up round Lake Superior, agap of only 220 miles remained in Columbia. Butacross the gap stretched the Selkirks and the GoldRange. The former had proved almost impenetrableeven to the surveyors, and when at last MajorRogers, the Companys engineer, acting on theadvice of a Mr. Moberley—who in turn had got ahint from the flight of an eagle—discovered a practi-cable path, the platelayers were hard on his heels. The two parties finally met in Eagle Pass, in theGold Range. Before the last few miles had beenlaid the first transcontinental train was despatchedfrom Montreal, on what was confidently expectedto be an unbroken journey to the Pacific. OnNovember 5, 1885, a day that s
Size: 1268px × 1971px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidromanceofmod, bookyear1904
