CHAPTER XVI

KEEPING THE LINE OPEN 256

The wrecking train and its supplies--Floods dammed by an embankment--Right of way always given to the wrecking-train-- Expeditious work in repairing the track--Collapse of the roof of a tunnel--Telegraph crippled by storms--Winter storms the severest test--Trains in quick succession help to keep the line open in snowstorms--The rotary plough.