. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . standard Americau Sleeping and High-Class Passenger Car. Central Asia. In India the railroads were car-ried ready for use on the backs of elephants, andin Turkestan on the backs of camels. These ani-mals marched along the proposed line distribut-ing their burden where needed. The animalcarrying the track was followed l:)y one carryinga locomotive, another with cars and anotherwith fuel and other appurtenances. The loco-motives used on these roads are in some casespropelled Ijy com- pressed air; on othersagain by , however
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . standard Americau Sleeping and High-Class Passenger Car. Central Asia. In India the railroads were car-ried ready for use on the backs of elephants, andin Turkestan on the backs of camels. These ani-mals marched along the proposed line distribut-ing their burden where needed. The animalcarrying the track was followed l:)y one carryinga locomotive, another with cars and anotherwith fuel and other appurtenances. The loco-motives used on these roads are in some casespropelled Ijy com- pressed air; on othersagain by , however, isgenerally used as inthe case of standardrailroads. The manufactur-ers of portable rail-roads not only con-struct the track,turnouts, switches,and everything per-taining thereto, butthe locomotives andcars needed by theindustries they are. Apartraentg in an American Palace Car. 224 RAIL W.{] EQUlFMEXT. intended to serve. The locomotives weigh fromthree to ten tons, according to the requirementsof the situation. Tlie cars of portable railroadslook more like toys than useful implements com-pared with standard cars. There are vehiclesespecially built for use in handling earth, stores,stone, brick, wood, sugar cane, grain, gardentruck, fertilizing matter, and for every otherpurpose that the requirements of the case de-
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