. Railway Times . iven in Money and StockMarket! and all quotation! are the ctoiing prices ofWedneidajr instead of Friday. April 6, 1912.] . THE RAILWAY TIMES GREAT CENTRAL S ELECTRIC LINE AT IMMINGHAM. 357 The electric railway which forms part of the extensiveundertaking that the Great Central Railway Company iscarrying out at Inimingham is now practically completed,and will be opened to the public at the same time as theDocks. It is a short line, miles in length, but its valuelies in the fact that it reduces the distance between Grimsby (ha Dock at Grimsby, and ending, at present, at the
. Railway Times . iven in Money and StockMarket! and all quotation! are the ctoiing prices ofWedneidajr instead of Friday. April 6, 1912.] . THE RAILWAY TIMES GREAT CENTRAL S ELECTRIC LINE AT IMMINGHAM. 357 The electric railway which forms part of the extensiveundertaking that the Great Central Railway Company iscarrying out at Inimingham is now practically completed,and will be opened to the public at the same time as theDocks. It is a short line, miles in length, but its valuelies in the fact that it reduces the distance between Grimsby (ha Dock at Grimsby, and ending, at present, at the easteriboundary of the Inimingham Docks. Eventually it will btaken on to a passenger pier, to be erected in the river neathe present terminus, for the accommodation of travellers tthe Continent by the companys steamers. A ferro-concretbridge is being erected over the steam railway lines, whiclrun parallel to the light railway after the latter leaves tinstreets, and over this it will be taken to the pier. The tota. Sketch Map showing position of Great CentPals Electric Light Railway, connecting Grimsby and Immingham Dock. and Immingham Dock from more than 11 miles 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 comparatively simple matter, and no doubt thisdetermined the selection of motive power for the new the (irimsby light railway is not altogether unprece-dented in this country, it has not many parallels. It is track length is 0 miles 5 chains, including passing placeprovided at intervals of half a mile. On the tramway section the construction is of the nsuatype, the rails resting on concrete gins, in depth. The railare of grooved section, 45ft. in length, and weigh 9and gblbs. They are anchored at the ends and in the middleOn the light
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