ABSTRACT
At the present day the people find the Great Western Railway completely reconstructed on the narrow gauge system, in order that trains may run without interruption in connection with other lines. The descriptions the people have given of only two lines of railway may suffice to show that modern engineer is deterred by no obstacles, but boldly drives his lines through places apparently the most impracticable. In the inclined railway by which Mount Pilatus, near Lucerne, is now ascended, horizontal teeth project from both sides of centre rail, and these are engaged by horizontal pinions. Many inclined railways are now in operation in various parts of the world, as at Mount Vesuvius, where two of the slopes have a combined length of 10,500 feet; at Mount Supurga and at Mount San Salvatore there are others. The largest inclined railway in America is at the Catskill Mountains, where an ascent of 1,600 feet is made in horizontal distance of 6,780 feet.
