. The ways of our railways . GUN-COIL LOADED ON M S AND L K. )AT LOADED ON L. AND N. W. R. WAGONS. THE WORK OF THE WAGONS. 239 in getting the gunboat safely to Liverpool, albeitthey had only a day or two in which to make thenecessary arrangements. The work was carried outon Sunday, 31st July, 1904—which, being the Sundaybefore August Bank Holiday, was not a very con-venient day. The gunboat was mounted on a trolley3 ft. 8 in. above rail level, so as to clear the sides ofthe station platforms. During the whole of itstransit over the 194 miles between London andLiverpool the section of
. The ways of our railways . GUN-COIL LOADED ON M S AND L K. )AT LOADED ON L. AND N. W. R. WAGONS. THE WORK OF THE WAGONS. 239 in getting the gunboat safely to Liverpool, albeitthey had only a day or two in which to make thenecessary arrangements. The work was carried outon Sunday, 31st July, 1904—which, being the Sundaybefore August Bank Holiday, was not a very con-venient day. The gunboat was mounted on a trolley3 ft. 8 in. above rail level, so as to clear the sides ofthe station platforms. During the whole of itstransit over the 194 miles between London andLiverpool the section of line adjoining the track onwhich it was running was kept closed, so as to preventcollision with any passing train. In short, single-line working was put into force, section by section,over the whole of the companys main hne to Liver-pool, so that this very bulky consignment mightbe got through safely without any risk of damageto itself or danger to the other traffic of the exceptional work as this entails a large amountof extra labour and anxiety upo
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