. Electric railway review . « S ■BRHBBB: Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company—Kishwaukee Bridge. of straight track that will figure prominently in runningtrains on a fast schedule. There are no grade crossingswith railroads and the number of highway and farm cross-ings is not large. The line passes under the Chicago & North-western and the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads. The subway under the Chicago Milwaukee & St. PaulRailway near Almora is of concrete construction. The tun- length, and a solid concrete floor with 12-inch concretestringers for retaining the ballast under the track. Thea
. Electric railway review . « S ■BRHBBB: Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company—Kishwaukee Bridge. of straight track that will figure prominently in runningtrains on a fast schedule. There are no grade crossingswith railroads and the number of highway and farm cross-ings is not large. The line passes under the Chicago & North-western and the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads. The subway under the Chicago Milwaukee & St. PaulRailway near Almora is of concrete construction. The tun- length, and a solid concrete floor with 12-inch concretestringers for retaining the ballast under the track. Theapproaches are built up on pile bents filled in with of the methods employed in building this bridge weregiven in an article in the Electric Railway Review of August,1906, in which many details of the track and overhead con-st ruction were described. 324 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVII. No. 10. Power is purchased from the Aurora Elgin & ChicagoRailway and is transmitted from its Clint
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