& O ▁to ▁provide ▁fund ing ▁to ▁lay ▁the ▁rails . ▁A ▁$ 1 7 , 7 1 0 ▁contract ▁was ▁placed ▁with ▁Cooper , ▁Fair man ▁& ▁Co ▁in ▁Montreal ▁to ▁supply ▁ 5 6 ▁p ound ▁rails , ▁with ▁$ 8 , 8 0 0 ▁of ▁that ▁to ▁be ▁paid ▁when ▁they ▁received ▁their ▁government ▁subs id ies ▁after ▁lay ing ▁the ▁first ▁ ▁of ▁rail . ▁The ▁line ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁including ▁the ▁original ▁ 6 . 7 5 ▁miles ▁of ▁the ▁Tr am way , ▁and ▁an ▁extension ▁to ▁Dev il ' s ▁Creek , ▁which ▁they ▁re ch rist ened ▁Ir ond ale , ▁bringing ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁miles . ▁They ▁began ▁operations ▁with ▁two ▁ 4 - 4 - 0 ▁locomot ives ▁purchased ▁from ▁the ▁Grand ▁Tr unk ▁Railway . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁story , ▁the ▁railway ▁was ▁required ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Good er ham ▁by ▁a ▁certain ▁date ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 . ▁However , ▁they ▁ran ▁out ▁of ▁rails ▁short ▁of ▁the ▁goal . ▁To ▁solve ▁the ▁problem ▁they ▁loaded ▁a ▁train ▁with ▁t ies ▁and ▁rails ▁and ▁started ▁building ▁off ▁the ▁existing ▁endpoint , ▁and ▁then ▁moving ▁the ▁train ▁forward ▁onto ▁the ▁new ▁rails . ▁The ▁rails ▁were ▁then ▁lifted ▁behind ▁the ▁train ▁and ▁placed ▁in ▁front , ▁allowing ▁it ▁to ▁move ▁forward ▁again . ▁In ▁this ▁le ap f rog ▁fashion ▁they ▁reached ▁Good er ham