According to. the Iron A go, the longest straight reach of railway in the world. Is ob tha new Argentine Pacific Kail way, from Booaos Ayres to.tfae foot of the Andes. For • distance of,‘■3ll Wiles the line in laid without a curve. -.The ..level , nature of the country will be eyideut from the fact that • there is neither a cutting, nor an embankment which is deeper or higher than one yard. The entire absence of wood on the plain, across which tha western end of the road passes, has led to the extensive use of metallic sleepers. Operations have already been begun ou the mountain section of the road, which is to cross the Andes, and then open up communication with the Chilian line. .
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8526, 5 November 1888, Page 2
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