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Show FERRY ACROSS THE CHANNEL Freight Cars Are Carried for the Flrt Time In History From England to France. For the first time In the history of railroading a train furry has crossed the English channel from Newhnvcn, England, to Dieppe, France, carrying about fifty cars, says Popular Mechanics Mechan-ics Magazine. Since early In the war thousands of British railway cars have been employed In Franco In transporting transport-ing troops and supplies, but they have all been transferred to the continent by freighters. The Inauguration of ferry service Indicates that tho difficulties diffi-culties created by very pronounced tides have been overcome nt last to the mutual advantage of these two allies. al-lies. At Dieppe the water level varies as much as 81 feet. To overcome this, fihort bridges, attached nt one end to the dock and resting on large floats, are employed. During loading nnd unloading un-loading the ferry Is chained to the liont and dock'nler as 'Well. The two smokestacks arc located one nt cither side of the rrnft, leaving spnee, for tracks down the center of the deck. |