The entrance to the tunnel, 1,096 feet long, through the Darling Range 188 The dearth of suitable water was the serious problem in the early days of the Coolgardie gold-fields. As the railway could not haul supplies from the coast, this novel condensing plant was erected 189 How the Western Australian Eastern Railway cuts through the Darling Range 194 The Leopoldina Railway is a maze of curves, twists and bends, owing to the rugged character of the country traversed 195 A steep bank showing the central rack rail 216 Train on the rack section of the Petropolis division, showing the curious type of locomotive adopted 216 Rebuilding a bridge on the Leopoldina Railway 217 A flood on the line 218 A derailment caused by the train colliding with a cow! 218 An interesting engineering achievement 219 Bridge over the Parahybuna River, showing height of river in flood and force of water surging round the piers 219 The bridge over the Parahybuna River at Campos under construction 220 The Parahybuna River Bridge completed. Total length 1,113½ feet 220 The rockbound shore of Lake Superior severely taxed the engineers in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway 221 The “Gap,” the eastern entrance of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Rocky Mountains 226 Where the “Big Hill” was cut out on the Canadian Pacific Railway, between Hector and Field 227 How the Canadian Pacific line creeps round towering precipices along the Fraser River 230 In threading the Fraser River Canyon the engineers were compelled to hug the waterway, though it involved the boring of numerous short tunnels 231 The steel arch bridge across Stoney Creek in the Selkirk Mountains 234 The railway traversing the tumbled Thompson River Canyon 235 The Cisco cantilever bridge carrying the Canadian Pacific Railway across the Fraser River 238 The Key West “Limited” passing over Long Key Viaduct at full speed 239 Building the grade. The dredger cutting its own path and dumping removed spoil in centre to form the embankment for the track 244