. Cassier's magazine. nsumptioncoal,—some 360,000 tons and 240,000tons, respectively,—passes through it. At Ingogo, a few miles past New-castle, a long upward grade, extendingthe rest of the way to Charlestown, onthe Transvaal border, commences. Inone place there is a double set of revers-ing stations, by which the line zigzagsover the Ingogo Heights. These arefollowed by a magnificent horse-shoecurve, including three importantbridges. Until 1895 Charlestown (306^ milesfrom Durban) was the terminus of therailway, but it is now connected withJohannesburg and Pretoria and with therest of the Cen
. Cassier's magazine. nsumptioncoal,—some 360,000 tons and 240,000tons, respectively,—passes through it. At Ingogo, a few miles past New-castle, a long upward grade, extendingthe rest of the way to Charlestown, onthe Transvaal border, commences. Inone place there is a double set of revers-ing stations, by which the line zigzagsover the Ingogo Heights. These arefollowed by a magnificent horse-shoecurve, including three importantbridges. Until 1895 Charlestown (306^ milesfrom Durban) was the terminus of therailway, but it is now connected withJohannesburg and Pretoria and with therest of the Central South African sys-tem, and through connections are pos-sible with the Cape Colony lines. The Dundee-Vryheid branch (59^miles) was completed into Zululand in1903, and while the first portion is im-portant for coal traffic, the extensionnow affords access to a gold mining dis-trict. The Harrismith branch for Lady-smith,—the Orange River Colony line,—has a very limited train service, one 96 CASSIERS MAGAZINE. A COMBINATION DINING AND SLEEPING CAR passenger mixed train daily eachway, and a few goods trains; but it isalready an important line, and will bemore so, providing, as it does, the onlyrailway connection at present with Har-rismith. The line is a very severe one,and includes the triple reversing stationsreferred to earlier in this article. TheRichmond and Grey town branches,though the traffic is comparativelysmall, are important feeders to the mainline, and open up extensive tracts of thecolony previously unprovided with rail-way facilities. The North Coast line now extendsfrom Durban to Somkele (Zululand)for 169^ miles. Only one train daily(mixed) proceeds right through; but asfar as Verulam (19^ miles), the trainservice is good, and a few trains pro-ceed still further. The South Coast line runs from SouthCoast Junction to North Shepstone(72^ miles) with a branch line to Umzinto from Alexandra one train daily proceeds throughto North Shepstone, bu
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