. American engineer and railroad journal . (Teckcham) to Tainanis 145 miles, and it is the intention to build the railway be-tween these two points as soon as the work mentioned aboveis completed. This line will require numerous and expensivebridges and some thirteen tunnels. When completed it will givea railway service from Kelung to Takow, a distance of I am pleased to be able to state that the chief of the com-munication department informs me that in all probability thelocomotives, rails and bridge material will be obtained from theUnited States, and that the order will, he belie
. American engineer and railroad journal . (Teckcham) to Tainanis 145 miles, and it is the intention to build the railway be-tween these two points as soon as the work mentioned aboveis completed. This line will require numerous and expensivebridges and some thirteen tunnels. When completed it will givea railway service from Kelung to Takow, a distance of I am pleased to be able to state that the chief of the com-munication department informs me that in all probability thelocomotives, rails and bridge material will be obtained from theUnited States, and that the order will, he believes, go to theCarnegie Company, of Pittsburg. I am unable at present writ-ing to give information as to the extent of this order, but willwrite on the subject later. The gauge of the present line is 3feet 6 inches, the rails 36 pounds, and the ten locomotives usedare of English and German manufacture. The new locomotiveswill be heavier than the ones at present employed, and the railsCO 2B0 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD Baldwin Compound Consolidation Locomotive-Lehigh Valley R. R.
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