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Show TUNNEL THROUGH SIERRA NEVADA At last the Southern Pacific has determined de-termined upon the construction of its Truckee line changes. Tho reason Is the absolute necessity of reducing grades for heavy freight movements but the passenger department will also al-so be served, a-.i the new Hue will do away with the snowsheds and give a scenic line down The canyon on hoth sides of the Sierra Nevada range. The new line will take the place of the present snow-shed route between Truckee and Colfaic In its construction construc-tion one long tunnel over 7ua0 feet in length will have to be bored aud about five or six lesser tunnels. High trestles or rather steel bridges, deep cuts, hlch and lengthy (ills with side-hill side-hill embankments and all the other feature? of "scenic" railroad construction construc-tion will he included, but the nwn-agemeni nwn-agemeni says that in the end the grade will bo reduced to a 1 per cent maximum. Next to the I'nion Pacific cutoffs this will be the greatest piece of realignment re-alignment ami grads reduction over attempted and will lo the source of much interesting railroad news from time to time. |