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Show I, Steel Rope Hauls Trains, Tho renewing of tho rope used dally In pulling all tho London trains out ol Glasgow from Queen street high lovel station ovor tho Cowlalrs gradient, the first mllcand n halt of which Is 0 steep a'so oxecod tho power of tho locomotive, hns Just bcoll completed, says an English Journal. Tho ropo, ! ,whlch is rondo of steel wire nnd Is 1 St. tl,r0 mls long, costs $3,000 and lasts 6 from ten to twelve months. It Is ond- I less, and lien on tlio surfneo of tho I up and down tracks supported on Iron pulloys, dipping underground nt clthor end. At Glasgow each train Is fastened on to It by a chain ntTadgc rncnt, and tho ropo, being set in motion mo-tion by tho stationary engine at Cowlalrs, Cow-lalrs, pulls tho train to tho Bummlt, from which point it continues tho Journey unassisted. |