. Cassier's magazine. uff,known as Wests, is b)>- boat across thebay. The rolling stock employed on theNatal railways is exceptionally good,and notwithstanding that the gauge isless than the British standard, the carry-ing capacity, both for passengers andgoods, is little less than would be THE RAILWAYS OF NATAL 97 the case were the wider gauge in use. With few exceptions, and those gons. mostly old vehicles used on branch 2.— lines, rolling stock of all kinds is centre mounted on four-wheeled bogies. The well first and second-class carriages are as 3.— good as any in Great Britain, but
. Cassier's magazine. uff,known as Wests, is b)>- boat across thebay. The rolling stock employed on theNatal railways is exceptionally good,and notwithstanding that the gauge isless than the British standard, the carry-ing capacity, both for passengers andgoods, is little less than would be THE RAILWAYS OF NATAL 97 the case were the wider gauge in use. With few exceptions, and those gons. mostly old vehicles used on branch 2.— lines, rolling stock of all kinds is centre mounted on four-wheeled bogies. The well first and second-class carriages are as 3.— good as any in Great Britain, but the 4. — third class is used only by coloured peo- 5.— pie. The vacuum brake is universally gons. employed for all stock, and central For buffers are fitted. Most passenger tween -Open mineral and goods wag- -Flat trucks, some having thepart depressed, and known as waggons. Box and closed waggons. ™ ?Combined goods and cattle wag- the principal through trains be-Durban and Johannesburg cor-. THE DINING SALOON ON THE RESTAURANT CAR OF THE CORRIDOR EXPRESS coaches have clerestory roofs, and thewindows are made to open, as well asthe door windows, a boon for the trav-eller during the hot summer. The ordinary bogie passenger vehiclesare very similar in style to those usedin Great Britain. The six-wheeledvehicles are of older design. Many ofthe cattle waggons are adapted so thatthey can be easily converted for use asthird-class carriages for native travel. For goods traffic most vehicles aremounted on two four-wheeled bogies,and the principal types in use are:— ridor trains have been recently intro-duced, and these trains must be reck-oned as among the finest and bestequipped in the world. On page 94 isshown one of the corridor expresses nearDurban. More especially is this correctof the special weekly express whichleaves Durban on Wednesdays at M. and arrives at Johannesburg P. M. the next day, and the cor-responding and slightly faster trai
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