. The street railway review . s and Extensions. Operation by the Limit System. BY C. E. TITZEL, SUPERINTENDENT. The method of car operation as practiced on the lines of theConestoga Traction Co., Lancaster, Pa., is quite unique and inter-esting. This system has 147 miles of road over which there areregularly operated, from 40 to 50 cars. The arrangement of theroutes is such that some of the various lines make joint use ofportions of single track of some length. The successful results trackage of the company. The spring switches used on the systemarc left open on the main line at regular meetin
. The street railway review . s and Extensions. Operation by the Limit System. BY C. E. TITZEL, SUPERINTENDENT. The method of car operation as practiced on the lines of theConestoga Traction Co., Lancaster, Pa., is quite unique and inter-esting. This system has 147 miles of road over which there areregularly operated, from 40 to 50 cars. The arrangement of theroutes is such that some of the various lines make joint use ofportions of single track of some length. The successful results trackage of the company. The spring switches used on the systemarc left open on the main line at regular meeting points and closedat all other turnouts. All cars start from Center Sq., Lancaster, on schedule time andare required to reach each turnout on the line and the end of therun at various set times. In order that the entire schedule may notbe interfered with should that car be unavoidably delayed, a sys-tem of limits has been provided. A train running on time pro-ceeds according to the schedule, until a meeting point is INTERIOR OF SALUNCA SUB-STATION SHOWING CONVERTER AND SWITCHBOARD. CONESTOGA TRACTION CO. ■occasioned by the use of the method of operation, which will bedescribed, have shown that no train dispatching or block signal-ing is necessary. The company has devised a schedule for the operation of eachcar and these schedules have been published in a book form so thatthey are readily handled by trainmen. A schedule for the operationof any one car shows the exact time this car should arrive at anddepart from the various turnouts. The rules of the company makeit compulsory that the car keep on time or within the first this is found impossible, this car must drop back to the secondlimit, thus throwing its meeting point at a turnout other than theone regularly used. As an important part of this system of operation, turnouts haveibeen placed at intervals of four or five minutes run, over the entire If the car which is to be met at this point is not in sight
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