رسائل وأوراق بخصوص السكة الحديدية العابرة لبلاد فارس والسكك الحديدية الأخرى في بلاد فارس [و‎‎٨‎٠] (٤٤٢/١٥٩)

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Fro^ Stah t.here project/F, f*or a diFtance of some
Tff mileF, int.o t,he BpluchiFtan Depert. in 8 Sout,h-eaFt.erly
direction, pn iFolet,ed range of* hills knows pf the Pohef-
Eacha—Saindalt uMMllaf range. In general charactaristdc t,hiF
range is a knife edge placed on the t.op of a Ft.eep Daman which
FfretrCheF down int-o Afghan Territory. "Mr t,ia de roufe post-F
of Pohat,, Chah j|r hd Raza , Kacha, Saindak are all Fifuatyed on
the Northern Fide of this range, where the foot, of the knife
edge a nd the Da ma il meet,.
Very lit,t,le consideration will show the dlsadvantageF
of such a trade route alignment for the purposes of a railway
track. No Pailway engineer would willingly build a railway
which, hugging the fcase of a range of hills, conforms to the
upper edge of a Baluchistan Daman, as doing so would involve
frequent culvert, bridges with repeated changes of gradient.
**or is it. advise bio to build a line through a desert area
possessing no water suitable for locomotive purposes. It is
true that these engineering difficulties can be avoided by
following the foot of the Daman but the difficulty here is
tHet at the foot of this Daman, which has an average depth of
some rt-d miles, there is no water and the Afghan Frontier is
too close to be pleasant. In addition, a very decided climb
up would remain to be faced when a point opposite Fobet is
reached with six miles of heavy engineering outside Pobat and
about the same number of mile stiff work beyond Fobet, should
the railway line be taken on to Dewan Chah. Robet as the
t.en»inuF of e.n important, railway pypte*, not only hag no s<iV8n-
te.ge to recommend it tot it porsesFee many diFadvantagee, tot
while fo, Fhould it be decided to place the temporary termimiF
at Salndak, we are then committed to carrying’ the line along
the top edge of the Daman either to, or through, Fobet.
We can avoid all thee, troubles by running- our line
gaUta ° r + ' he "o 1 *'i'-Wts che-Saindak-AmaXaf range and mafcLru
-irjawa, out,Fide the desert area, the objective. From duFhlci cteh