Railway and Locomotive Engineering . ying load to aboutone-twenty-sixtli, or about 37 per cent. [mprovements on the Canadian Pacific. The Canadian Pacific Railways pro-gramme of improvements at St. John,Xew Brunswick, which has already beenentered upon, calls for an additional track-age space sufficient for 350 cars in thewest side freight yard. This will bringthe total yard accommodation up to 1,850cars. All light rails now in the yard willbe replaced by heavier metals, a new coal-ing plant will be erected, a 20,000,000 gal-lon fresh water tank installed, and thecapacities of the sidings betw
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . ying load to aboutone-twenty-sixtli, or about 37 per cent. [mprovements on the Canadian Pacific. The Canadian Pacific Railways pro-gramme of improvements at St. John,Xew Brunswick, which has already beenentered upon, calls for an additional track-age space sufficient for 350 cars in thewest side freight yard. This will bringthe total yard accommodation up to 1,850cars. All light rails now in the yard willbe replaced by heavier metals, a new coal-ing plant will be erected, a 20,000,000 gal-lon fresh water tank installed, and thecapacities of the sidings between St. Johnand Montreal increased. The Reason for Railroads. Mr. Gordon Campbell, who was a dele-gate to the recent convention of theAmerican Electric Railway Association,speaking on the reason for railroads, saidthat the railroads were brought into ex-istence on account of the lack of a sur-face suitable for a vehicle to carry suf-ficient people fast enough. Following them, less than thirty yearsago, the electric railway came into. TYPE OF ;o-TOX .-STEEL )XD(JL.\ FOR THE IROX \XV. This is all the dead weight the engineis compelled to haul, while 63 per cent, isrevenue-yielding load. The car isstencilled to show its equipment; Ses-sions draw gear, Farlow attachments,metal brake beams and WestinghouseK-2 triple values. The 70-ton steel high-side hoppergondola, also built by the Pressed SteelCar Company, and used by this railroad. existence, and has also performed itsfunctions, and developed its wonder-ful system of railways in all cen-ters of population, and inter-connect-ing these centers and ramifying out fromthese cities through the adjoining coun-try. Hence the wonderful expansionwhich they have enabled the cities to en-joy and the tremendous increase in thevalue of properties. 376 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. November, 1916. ^: [pcomotive En^neerini A Prmcilc«l Jounuil of Motir. Po»er, BoUlo*8t«ck and ApphAscvt. Publitli»d MoDthl; bj ANGUS SINCLA
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