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Show I OP TUNNELS hern Pacific Making Nofa-j Nofa-j Relocation on Western Slope of Sierras. ITING GRADE FOR . ALL BASTBOUND TRAINS ruction Calls for Some Jy Remarkable and Novel Engin coring Feats. Ion wan mndo a tew dayn agoof rl; on tlio wonderful Rliactian rall-i rall-i Switzerland, Kapeclal attention illcd to tlic looped tunnels, one the other In solid roclc. But one )t have to go away from home to :h wonders, for olnce the Item ap-ln ap-ln The Tribune attention lias been to the fact that Chief ICnglnoor i Hood of the Southern Pacific, In (j a low eradc lino for caal-tralns caal-tralns between Rocklln and Cllp-p Cllp-p on the went slope of the SlerraB ; Just this tiort of work, line change will be one of the tblo pieces of construction In the and when complotcd will lc an ccnlc attructlon for the load, an to elevation on a low gradient the calls for tunnels and vlnducta in umber and In one case the tunnel the mountain, makes a circle and l aaln at a higher elevation. Jt icslgncd for east-bound trains. It io glvo a doublo trade for that of the rund and Is probably tho iccinOiiL of tho out Ire change in ions roulo over the high range. :, It will be remembered, have nde from Truckoe to Colfax. Tho n i ho Rocklln change 13 now belied be-lied with all vigor. |