Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1917 — Straight Railroads. [ARTICLE]

Straight Railroads.

So few are the railroads which are absolutely straight for more than a few miles that there is some justification for the comment when specific instances can be cited. The principal example in Englandis that-be tween Paddock Wood and Ashford, on the South-Eastern and Chatham railroad, Avhere 22 miles of perfectly straight line are seen. The impression created when one travels over this section on the footplate is peculiar, as the rails stretch away in front of the train for mile after mile without a curve in sight. . ■ 1 America possesses a few exceptional stretches of direct railroad, and the claim is made Zealand vides the -railroad without u curve—a distance pf 136 mUeg- • * •■ -- -—' ; '