Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 27, 2025
Rails had already been laid across the permanent Spider Water Bridge known afterward as the first bridge, for the big river finished more than one structure before it was completely subdued and the rail-laying was hampered only by the lack of ties.
The train stopped in a construction camp, near the end of the rails, and after a hasty breakfast Bucks walked with the engineers up the track to the head-quarters of the rail-laying gang. The air was frosty. During the night snow had fallen, and as Bucks followed his party the sun burst over the plain that they had crossed in the night and lighted the busy camp with a flood of gold.
Before leaving the Connemara district I paid a second visit to Oughterard in order that I might see the progress made by Irishmen in the art of railway making. A gang or two were engaged in the comparatively skilled work of rail-laying, and the way they got over the ground was truly surprising. Two trucks stood on the line already laid, one bearing sleepers, the other loaded with steel rails.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking