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Show A Remarkable Tlallway In Chill. I Tho Nitrate railway between Iijuique and Pisagtta. Chili, is a remarkable example ex-ample of engineering skill. Starting from Iqiiique, it is carried along the face of a precipitous cliff, overlooking the town, to a station culled Mollee, oight miles from Iquiiu, situate 1,600 foet above the sea level. The gradients are extremely steep, and some of the curves have a radius of only 450 feet. The engines en-gines used on this line have been specially constructed with the view of overcoming these obstacles. They are built with a double set of boilers, over a central firebox, fire-box, with a funnel at each end, presenting present-ing an aspect wholly unknown on any other line. Their weight ranges up to ninety tons. Montreal Star. |