Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume III
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 407
UDK: 600 eng- gl
With 424 Illustrations, Maps, and Diagrams
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THE STATION AT HALLINGSKEID.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
BERGEN-KRISTI ANIA RAILWAY.
BY R. H. UHLAND.
This railway, the greater part of which was but recently opened for traffic, is
a marvel of engineering, as its construction was accompanied by climatic
conditions such as railway builders seldom have to face. It is certainly
one of the most wonderful of all European adhesion railways.
THIS year will be completed one of the
most interesting railways in the
world—that putting Bergen, Nor-
way’s greatest commercial centre, in direct
land communication with Kristiania, the Nor-
wegian capital. The railway is only 305 miles
long, but the difficulties encountered in its
construction make it as notable from an
engineering point of view as the wildness of
the country through which it passes will
render it invaluable to the tourist in search
of Norway’s finest scenery.
The accompanying sketch map (p. 348) shows
th© route followed by this remarkable rail-
way. From Kristiania northwards to Roa it
uses the metals of the rail-
way running to Gjövik. At
Roa it turns south-westwards
The Route of
the Railway.
to Hönefoss, and thence north-westwards to
Gulsvik near the head of Lake Kröderen. This