. Railway Times . es to less than is already a railway for most of the distance, but thatline will be reserved for goods, the electric line dealing withpassenger traffic only. As a large electric installation isrequired for the dock the provision of energy for the electricrailway is a coniparati\cly simple matter, and no doubt thistlcterniined the selection of motive power for the new the Grimsby light railway is not altogether unprece-dented in this country, it has not many parallels. It is track length is 6 miles 5 chains, including passing placesprovided at intervals of h
. Railway Times . es to less than is already a railway for most of the distance, but thatline will be reserved for goods, the electric line dealing withpassenger traffic only. As a large electric installation isrequired for the dock the provision of energy for the electricrailway is a coniparati\cly simple matter, and no doubt thistlcterniined the selection of motive power for the new the Grimsby light railway is not altogether unprece-dented in this country, it has not many parallels. It is track length is 6 miles 5 chains, including passing placesprovided at intervals of half a mile. On the tramway section the construction is of the usualtype, the rails resting on concrete gins, in depth. The railsarc of grooved .section, 43ft. in length, and w-eigh 90and gblbs. They are anchored at the ends and in the the light railway portion of the line the Vignoles railsare 30ft. of section, and weigh 65lbs. per yard. Therails throughout were supplied by the Skelton Iron and. Motor Cars and Tower Wagon witli Flanged Wheels. almost the first electric light railway to be constructed bya railway company, and the Great Central in its selection ofmethod has shown itself alive to the most recent developmentsin the lighter traction field. Its new line resembles manyinterurban street railways in the United States, of which wehave few examples in this country. The line is in parts atramway traversing the public highway and in otliers a lightrailway running on its own right of way. Beginning at theswing bridge in Corporation Koad over an arm of tlie Alexan- Stcel Company. At the junction between the tramway andthe flat-footed Vignoles rails the groove of tlie former isground out to meet the bull head. A cattle guard, similarto those used universally in America, is fitted at everylevel crossing, the first guard being at the entrance to theright of way. The trolley wires, of 000 section, weresupplied by Messrs. F. Smith and Company, of Salford
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