. The railroad and engineering journal . r the SuramPass. Between Baku and Michailova, a station at thebase of the mountain on the Asiatic side, the profile of theline presents no remarkable features, but between Michai-lova and Beshatuhan on the European side of the moun-tain and over the Suram Pass the profile rises at the rateof percent., with curves of 560 ft. radius for a dis-tance of 19 versts. Thirteen trucks, being a load of 210tons, require on this exceptional section two Fairlie loco-motives, each of 65 tons adhesive weight, one engine infront, the other in rear of the train, so
. The railroad and engineering journal . r the SuramPass. Between Baku and Michailova, a station at thebase of the mountain on the Asiatic side, the profile of theline presents no remarkable features, but between Michai-lova and Beshatuhan on the European side of the moun-tain and over the Suram Pass the profile rises at the rateof percent., with curves of 560 ft. radius for a dis-tance of 19 versts. Thirteen trucks, being a load of 210tons, require on this exceptional section two Fairlie loco-motives, each of 65 tons adhesive weight, one engine infront, the other in rear of the train, so that hitherto the ly be assumed that the capacity of the Trans-CaucasusRailroad will be materially increased, thanks to (he use ofthe tunnel, even with the single line at present contem-plated, at least by 100 per cent. The total length of theline will, on account of the tunnel and its approaches, beincreased from S40 versts, Baku to Batoum, to about 849versts, or 563 English miles. In the accompanying engravings, fig. i is a profile of. the tunnel and its approaches ; fig. 2 is a cross-sectionof the tunnel in its finished state ; figs. 3 and 4 are cross-sections of the temporary heading. It will be noticed thetunnel is intended for a double line, Russian 5 ft. gauge ; thetotal length of tunnel is 3,73 versts, or miles tunnel is being made by the Russian Government,and is calculated to be completed on January i, 1890, at 26o THE RAILROAD AND IJiinc, 1889. an estimated cost, including approaches, of ,000roubles ($ Tiie work is subdivided amonji va-rious contractors. The firm of Brandt & Brandan. IVus-sian engineers, have undertaken the piercing of a heading8 ft. 9 in. by 8 ft. 9 in. (fig. 3) in the clear between sup- as the English system. The hydraulic appliances, alongwith Irandts machines, are all arranged for 100 atmos-pheres pressure, which was the pressure used in the tun-nels of the St, Golhard l^ailroad. but owing to the rockhere being o
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