Railway Improvements At Dunedin.
New Overbridge.

The problem of dealing with the huge volume of traffice to and from the harbour side at Dunedin, at present restricted to two routes, one of which (Rattray Street) is becoming increasingly congested, is being dealt with by the construction of a new overbridge. The overbridge will be approached on the town side from Frederick and Hanover Streets by ramps with a grade of 1 in 20, and will be a handsome and substantial structure. Concrete abutments, a reinforced concrete deck and superstructure, a roadway 44 feet wide and footpaths eight feet wide, will be features of the new overbridge under which will pass two main lines of railway, two sidings and four back-shunts. The completion of the new overbridge, moreover, will mean the elimination of the level crossings at the foot of Hanover and Frederick Streets.

The rapidly increasing number of oil-electric locomotives placed in service is turning the attention of locomotive engineers and railroad maintenance men to the study of the subject so that they may become qualified to manipulate and maintain these new units. Quick recognition of the opportunities in this field of service has led the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, to organise a course of study in oil-electric engineering.

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