. Railway Times . ilway employeesagissant en conjonction avec les mineurs, les hommes de Leedsexpressant leur intention de ne pas h.andle trafic de jambes noires.. Hij,di fonctionnaire de la société s'est exprimé stronglyface à une telle action commune, ]) en faisant remarquer que les intérêts des mineurs ofniihvdvnien ;ind étaient si dissemblables. 24 FÉVRIER 191--] LE TEMPS DE CHEMIN DE FER. 215 CHEMINS DE FER OUEST-AFRICAINS. .à l'institution o( Entfineers civils, mardi dernier, aper a été lu sur certaines caractéristiques des chemins de fer tlic West Africain, par M. Frederic Shelford, B.Sc., amember, et le fils de feu Sir William Shelford

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. Railway Times . ilway employeesacting in conjunction with the miners, the men at Leedsexpressing their intention not to h.andle blackleg traffic.. hij, di official of the society has expressed himself stronglyagainst such joint action, ])ointing out that the interests ofniihvdvnien ;ind miners were so dissimilar. February 24, 191--] THE RAILWAY TIMES. 215 WEST AFRICAN RAILWAYS. .At the Institution o( Civil Entfineers, on Tuesday last, apaper was read on Some Features of tlic West AfricanGovernment Railways, by Mr. Frederic Shelford, B.Sc, amember, and the son of the late Sir William Shelford. 1 hesystems briefly described were those of Sierra Leone, the GoldCoast Colony, Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria. Theauthors father dispatched the first survey party to Sierra Leonein 1S93; construction was begun from Freetown harbourin i8g6 on a 2 ft. 6 in. gauge, and the line is now, includingbranches, 255 miles long; il cost ;£, i, 020, 1:^0 or ;£4.ooo a mile.The line was opened in iSi.)(), and in iinings. Engine and Generator in G.W.R. Rail Motor Car. were ^84, 000, and the working expenses came to 82 per cent.of this amount. Fifteen bridges had to be provided totalling, v345 ft. in length, besides a viaduct on the short branch toa hill station, 800 ft. high, near the coast, with gradientsas steep as 1 in 22, worked adhesively. .-Vs many as 4, 000natives were employed at one time on the line. The railsand sleeijers on all the WCst African Government railw.ivsare of steel, the former weighing 28 to 55 lbs. per lineal vardwith steel kons. For many years the engine power consistedof six-coupled tank engines, at a pressure of 160 lbs., with 28 in.driving wheels. The late^st is ;i 4-8-0 tender locomotivewith six-whoolcd tender, wrij^hinq- altogether about ;; totis.

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