RIO GRANDE SERVICE BULLETIN


THE IMPROVEMENT WORK WILL CONTINUE

Even though large expenditures were made in 1926, the work will continue to go forward on broad lines. The more important under-takings already outlined for the coming year are enumerated below:

The work of ballasting with both slag and gravel will continue.

One hundred miles of 90-lb. and 100-lb. rail will be laid at a cost of $1,650,000.

New bridges and culverts will supplant the less modern of the structures now existing.

The work of eliminating curvature and correcting grades will continue at a cost of $1,500,000.

Line Change near Granite, Colorado. New Track Eliminating Curvature under Construction on Opposite Side of Arkansas River.

Slag-Ballasted Double Track in Eagle River Canon. Eagel River between the Eastbound and Westbound Tracks.
Double Track near Minturn, Colorado. Ballasted with Slag.
 
 

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