. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . RUNNING SHED AT LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND. gorge and the rails in many places are bridge, through the tunnel of the same laid along narrow precipices. At Am- name, and finally crosses the Ceresa steg at the foot of the Bristenstock, a before reaching Faido, the capital of series of seventeen tunnels are pissed the Ticino valley. Leaving here one through, also a succession of bridges travels through the Biaschiha Gorge to are crossed, three being over one Giornico, where a halt for a fresh sup- Nov
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . RUNNING SHED AT LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND. gorge and the rails in many places are bridge, through the tunnel of the same laid along narrow precipices. At Am- name, and finally crosses the Ceresa steg at the foot of the Bristenstock, a before reaching Faido, the capital of series of seventeen tunnels are pissed the Ticino valley. Leaving here one through, also a succession of bridges travels through the Biaschiha Gorge to are crossed, three being over one Giornico, where a halt for a fresh sup- November, ifjio. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 443 ply of water is made. The speed of alltrains on the down grade is limited to60 kilometers per hour, and a speed in-dicator on the footplate enables thedriver to adjust the air brakes and keep to the United States, while engaged intunning a locomotive, took special studiesin chemistry in Iowa University. He hasbeen engaged in literary and editorialwork since 1883, and is now editor and. TWO COMPOUND ON THE ST, GOTIIARD KAil WAV. to exactly the required speed. AtBrasca the mountain scenery is lessprominent, cultivation is more evident,and continues so on to Bellinzona andthe Italian lakes. Charmed by thewild fastnesses of the St. Gothard, onefeels that it gives to the memory amagnificent view of the wonders of Na-tures grandeur and of mans ingenuity. Chambers Journal on Angus Sinclair. About a year ago Dr. Andrew Car-negie delivered a most interesting ad-dress at Peebles, Scotland, on the occa-sion of the jubilee of a great institutefounded by William Chambers in Chambers have done immense ser-vice in the cause of popular education inScotland. FJr. Carnegie sent a copy ofthis addres-, to our Chief, who, in ac-knowledging its receipt, told particularsof benefits he had derived from theChamt>er» publication. A recent issue ofChambers Journal contains communica-tions concerning the help that the Jour-nal ha
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