. Electric railway journal . sportation servicebetween Gait and Brantford, Ont., was inauguratedby the opening of the new 1500-volt line of the LakeErie & Northern Railway, Brantford, Ont. This rail-way has been leased to the Canadian Pacific Railwayfor 999 years. It is now being extended to Port Dover,the roadbed and tracks of this section having alreadybeen completed. When this new extension is placed inoperation, as expected shortly, there will be a directtwo-hour connection between Gait and Port Dover onLake Erie, a distance of 53 miles, which will affordpeople in the cities and towns alon
. Electric railway journal . sportation servicebetween Gait and Brantford, Ont., was inauguratedby the opening of the new 1500-volt line of the LakeErie & Northern Railway, Brantford, Ont. This rail-way has been leased to the Canadian Pacific Railwayfor 999 years. It is now being extended to Port Dover,the roadbed and tracks of this section having alreadybeen completed. When this new extension is placed inoperation, as expected shortly, there will be a directtwo-hour connection between Gait and Port Dover onLake Erie, a distance of 53 miles, which will affordpeople in the cities and towns along the line a comfort-able and convenient means of reaching the lake route lies through a district of unusually attractivescenery. Between Gait and Brantford the line followsthe beautiful valley of the Grand River. On nearingSimcoe and the Port it passes through a fertile andprogressive agricultural section. The new railway promises to be an important factor,from an industrial standpoint, in the development of *. LAKE ERIE & NORTHERN RAILWAY—EXTERIOR VIEW OFPASSENGER CAR this district. It will provide a direct freight line con-necting with the Canadian Pacific Railways main lineat Gait, which has long been needed in the territoryserved. Shippers from Brantford and Paris and otherpoints south will thus have a more direct freight de-livery to Toronto and points east. The roadbed of thenew line, having been originally built for a steam road,is well adapted for freight service, the slight grades onthe lines making it possible to haul large service was put into operation between Gaitand Brantford on March 1. Characteristics and Equipment op Line The maximum grade on the line is 1 per cent, whilethe maximum curvature is 6 deg. The width of theroadbed is 16 ft. at fills which are less than 10 ft. high;in fills over 10 ft. high the width is increased every foot in elevation. The rails are 85-lb., andthe line is gravel ballasted. An important feature
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