. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . KAII,\ SCENKS IN JAPAN RAILWAY SCENES IN JAPAN. closed for two or three weeks at astretch, due to the snow drifts. Most of the coal used for locomotivepurposes comes from Kinshu or Hok-kaido, the islands lying at the two ex-tremities of Honshu. It is brought toYokohama by sea. Although rathersmoky it contains little sulphur, and asit does not clinker much, the fires keepopen and steam is made easily. As arule good water is to be got, but atsome places it is very tnuddy and fre-quent washi
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . KAII,\ SCENKS IN JAPAN RAILWAY SCENES IN JAPAN. closed for two or three weeks at astretch, due to the snow drifts. Most of the coal used for locomotivepurposes comes from Kinshu or Hok-kaido, the islands lying at the two ex-tremities of Honshu. It is brought toYokohama by sea. Although rathersmoky it contains little sulphur, and asit does not clinker much, the fires keepopen and steam is made easily. As arule good water is to be got, but atsome places it is very tnuddy and fre-quent washing out is necessary. Theworst foe to Japanese railways, how-ever, is from below, and there is nowarning of his coming nor can he bestopped. Earthquakes of extreme se-verity occasionally visit one or otherof the islands. In 1891 over 120 milesof the central section of the Tokaidoline were rendered useless by an earth-quake. The embankments sank in 45places, sometimes to the extent of 13-ft., and 63 bridges were destroved. It locomotives, 4,663 carriages and wagons. The gross receiptswer
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