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Enclosure 1.
KOWLOON
ANTON
RAILWA Ý.
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REPORT ON THE SHA TOU KOK RAILWAY NOW KNOWN AS THE PAKRING 12
BRANOH
GENERAL PARTICULARS:
The Railway which is of two foot gauge has a total mileage
of 74 miles and is worked by ordinary steam traction.
The average width of formation in banks is 10 feet and
in cuttings eight to nine feet.
The ruling grade is 1 in 45 for a distance of 3,700 feet.
The sharpest curve is of 150 feet radius.
The deepest cutting
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17 feet.
The highest bank
17 feet.
There are four Stations or stopping places, viz:-
1. Kung Lang
2 miles.
2. Wo hang
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3. Shek Chung Au -
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THE ROUTE:
4. Sha Tou Kok
The line commences at Fanling Station on the Main Line, with a sharp curve in a north-easterly direction at right angles to the Main Line and is laid on the surface of the new Govern- ment Road on the south side as far as Wo Hang, up to this point there are few curvos and the grades are very light with fair
Wo hang Station is at the head of a stretches of level. broad fertile valley and immediately beyond, the line passQS through the gap into the opposite valley, through a rock out- ting over which the Government Road is carried by a wooden
From this point the nature of bridge of about 15 feet span. the country is rough though well populated and cultiw ted and the line follows the foot hills with heavy grades and
The total fall continuous sharp curves as far as mile 64.
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