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future replacements should be made with hardwood sleepers which are less expensive than those made of concrete. A hundred concrete sleepers of a stouter design were, however, cast and will be given a further trial.
23. The Fanling Branch Line (2′.0" gauge) was closed for traffic on 31st December.
24. Considerable damage to the Railway was caused by rainstorms in July which culminated in a heavy downpour on the 16th when 13.48 inches of rain were registered. A 3-foot culvert at Yaumati Station was choked up by debris from private works on the hillside above, and the line flooded with slurry. Later on a heavy slip took place and buried both tracks to a height of four or five feet, thus interrupting traffic. At Mile 31, private works caused a diversion of the flood waters which cut away the railway bank for some hundred yards, and all traffic had to change trains at either side of the breach for two days.
25. The following bridges suffered serious damage:-
Bridge 22 2/30 ft. arches, flooring and pitched slopes damaged.
23 2/15 ft. footpath wall washed away.
19 flooring and ...
25 4/40 ft. spans, all flooring washed away and pitched slopes damaged.
80 2/20-1/100, wells of southern pier exposed for 18 ft. deep and pitched slopes badly damaged.
26. Locomotives Nos. 2 and 5 were given a thorough overhaul and generally reconditioned and fitted with new bushes, axleboxes, tyres and slide valves; cylinders were rebored, and new pistons fitted, boilers lifted, retubed and repaired. No. 5 was also repainted.
27. Locomotives Nos. 6, 13 and 14 were given minor overhauls and repainted. Nos. 9, 10 and 11 were painted, and No. 4 was fitted with new tyres.
28. No. 22 Dining Car was rebuilt and remodelled to bring it into line with the later passenger rolling stock and the seating capacity increased from twenty-four to forty. The work was not completed by the end of the year owing to material not arriving from Home.
29. Carriages Nos. 1 and 9 were also repainted and given a general overhaul.
30. All other passenger stock was kept in good running order but no further painting could be carried out owing to traffic requirements.
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future replacements should be made with hardwood sleepers which are less expensive than those made of concrete. A hundred concrete sleepers of a stouter design were, however, cast and will be given a further trial.
23. The Fanling Branch Line (2′.0" gauge) was closed for traffic on 31st December.
24. Considerable damage to the Railway was caused by rainstorms in July which culminated in a heavy downpour on the 16th when 13.48 inches of rain were registered. A 3-foot culvert at Yaumati Station was choked up by debris from private works on the hillside above, and the line flooded with slurry. Later on a heavy slip took place and buried both tracks to a height of four or five feet, thus interrupting traffic. At Mile 31, private works caused a diversion of the flood waters which cut away the railway bank for some hundred yards, and all traffic had to change trains at either side of the breach for two days.
25. The following bridges suffered serious damage:- Bridge 22 2/30 ft. arches, flooring and pitched slopes damaged.
23 2/15 ft.
footpath wall washed
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flooring and
away.
25 4/40 ft. spans, all flooring washed away and pitched
slopes damaged.
80 2/20-1/100,,
26. Locomotives
wells of southern pier exposed for 18 ft. deep and pitched slopes badly damaged.
Nos. 2 and 5 were given a thorough overhaul and generally reconditioned and fitted with new bushes, axleboxes, tyres and slide valves; cylinders were rebored, and new pistons fitted, boilers lifted, retubed and repaired. No. 5 was also repainted.
27. Locomotives Nos. 6, 13 and 14 were given minor overhauls and repainted. Nos. 9, 10 and 11 were painted, and No. 4 was fitted with new tyres.
28. No. 22 Dining Car was rebuilt and remodelled to bring it into line with the later passenger rolling stock and the seating capacity increased from twenty-four to forty. The work was not completed by the end of the year owing to material not arriving from Home.
29. Carriages Nos. 1 and 9 were also repainted and given a general overhaul.
30. All other passenger stock was kept in good running order but no further painting could be carried out owing to traffic requirements.
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