. The problems of transportation in Canada . N FEETOVERCOME c/) c O . ,/, . • O • & : °. : : «? :^ : • ■ 1/5 . o • °°_ : Maximum gra-dient IN FEETPER MILE «•s p o \£) M nO • • ^OCI ro i-i -m -O • M O^X5 H « t^. • . \D ■ rO • rO • . M ■ M • ■ M ■ vD • *j (ni ■ <2 onco jf]o 2oninon■ - — • -t- on o -t- o Tf r^ ~ \c -rt < Pi taO ws <!55 Grand Tnink Pacific— West. Div. Winnipeg to Pr. Rupert Eastern Div. Winnipeg to Moncton c c <£ jjj 1*s p. 1- ■M .E eS t O 2 I Transcontinental Railway 121 r^i-i^£ t^coNso -riG es ce i2 o jonn io o ,_ <-/^.^ -fuirri«5 0H m m .T* m IO00 «ît^HOvC SCS O
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