. The ways of our railways . ff the main track and then on to it againwithout any shunting. With frequent double-ended passing-places, avoiding-lines for express traffic through stations,and plenty of terminal accommodation, there is notnow any occasion to have separate tracks for fastand slow traffic, except in the neighbourhood of largetowns, where there is a large suburban passengerbusiness to be provided for. But, of course, whena line forms the trunk of a large number of importantroutes, each carrying almost its full quantum oftraffic, fast and slow, it may be necessary to havemore than t
. The ways of our railways . ff the main track and then on to it againwithout any shunting. With frequent double-ended passing-places, avoiding-lines for express traffic through stations,and plenty of terminal accommodation, there is notnow any occasion to have separate tracks for fastand slow traffic, except in the neighbourhood of largetowns, where there is a large suburban passengerbusiness to be provided for. But, of course, whena line forms the trunk of a large number of importantroutes, each carrying almost its full quantum oftraffic, fast and slow, it may be necessary to havemore than two main running tracks nearly all theway from the junction where the routes convergeto the principal terminus. This is the case, for ex-ample, with the main line of the London and North-western between London and Crewe, that townbeing the point of convergence for practically allthe longer-distance traffic of the system—Scotch,Irish, Welsh, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, unique position of Crewe in respect to concen-. ; TO \\A11;K1A)0 station, AM) ^. W. KPhoto by the Locomotive Publishing Coiiifany.]
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