The following images are from the book "King's Empire" published in 2 volumes the early 1900s. The photographs were taken at the height of the British Empire. The books are available in higher resolution for download as PDF ebooks at www.ozebook.com
AN ODD IRISH RAILWAY. This picture illustrates a railway on the Lartigue principle in Ireland. The line from Ballybunnion to Listowel has but a single line of rail. The engine and carriages are mounted astride the rail, the carriages and the two boilers of the locomotive hanging down on either side of the central rail. Two small lateral guard rails near the ground serve to steady the carriages in case of any oscillation. It is claimed for the system that it is economical, owing to the use of a single rail, and that it favours simplicity of construction, because, by lengthening or shortening the supports of the rail, irregularities of surface may be overcome without recourse to embankment or cutting. The system is employed in France, and in some of the French colonies. (Page 17)
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