of 1% tons. In addition there are numerous passen ger coaches and a large baggage car 15 feet in length. The railroad is provided with extensive workshops in which all repairs to locomotives and rolling stock are carried out. At one point there is a remarkable three-quarter circle curve of. 40 feet radius to enable the line to gain a higher level. On festive and other occasions when the house is full of visitors special passenger trains are run comprising eight bogie coaches capable of seating 120 persons. The private railroad of the Duke of Westminster is of a more ambitious character. It runs through the Eaton Hall estate and links the residence with the trunk railroad system at Balderton 3% miles distant. This line was also designed and constructed by Sir Percival Heywood and is also of 15-inch gage. The whole system comprises 4% miles of track including mately 1 mile of sidetracks. The track is built upon the latest approved style with Vigil°le rails averag ing 12 pounds per yard laid on longitudinal wooden cross-ties and cost exclusive of buildings and rolling stock $6545 per mile representing an outlay of over $29450 in track alone. The gradients vary from 1 in 100 to's. maximum of 1 in 65. This railroad is essen tially employed for the transport of freight to and from the house though members of the family and their guests travel between the Main-line station and the mansion there being for such purpose a num ber of open vehicles and a bogie parlor car capable of seating 16 persons. There are two engines of spe cial design and of low build. They are made with tubular axles and special joints so arranged that an eight-coupled engine can negotiate a curve of 25 feet radius without necessitating any special modification in the motion. The engines in use are four and six coupled respectively the former having cylinders of 5 inches bore with a stroke of 8 inches. The second engine which is that most generally employed has an over-all length of 10 feet with a wid
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