. Electric railway journal . bers of the A. S. T. M. July 5. [913. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 33 The Mittenwald Railway A 15,000-Volt, Single-Phase Railway with a 50,000-Volt Transmission System from Hydroelectric Stations Dr. E. E. Seefehlner has described in two recent issuesof the A. E. Q. Journal the Mittenwald Railway, a newline in the Austro-Bavarian Tyrol mountain region whichwas opened on Oct. 28, 1912. Under the collective nameMittenwald Railway all the railway connections betweenInnsbruck, Scharnitz, Garmisch, Partenkirchen, Griessenand Reutte are included, although this railway is sub
. Electric railway journal . bers of the A. S. T. M. July 5. [913. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 33 The Mittenwald Railway A 15,000-Volt, Single-Phase Railway with a 50,000-Volt Transmission System from Hydroelectric Stations Dr. E. E. Seefehlner has described in two recent issuesof the A. E. Q. Journal the Mittenwald Railway, a newline in the Austro-Bavarian Tyrol mountain region whichwas opened on Oct. 28, 1912. Under the collective nameMittenwald Railway all the railway connections betweenInnsbruck, Scharnitz, Garmisch, Partenkirchen, Griessenand Reutte are included, although this railway is subdivided POWER SUPPLY Iart of the energy for operation is obtained from the Sillhydroelectric development at Innsbruck. This plant enjoysa peculiar record inasmuch as it also supplies the 2500-volt,forty-two-cycle Stubaital Railway, opened in 1904 as thefirst of single-phase lines, and the Innsbruck-Hall 1100-volt interurban railway, the first Austrian railway system touse high-tension direct current. The same station further. ElMtric Ry«Jem mil Mittenwald Railway—Map Mittenwald Railway—Light Bridge Construction into four lines. As shown in the accompanying map, theeastern line from Innsbruck to Scharnitz, which is 21 mileslong, and the western line from Reutte to Griessen, whichis 20l/2 miles long, pass through Austrian territory. Theintermediate Scharnitz-Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Griessensection, which runs through Bavaria, is about 25 miles long. The Alpine character of the territory is indicated by thefact that on the two Austrian sections there are eighteentunnels with a length of 1412 ft., in addition to manybridges aad viaducts. The difficulties offered by the natureof the ground formed one reason for selecting electric trac- supplies energy to the 600-volt city lines of Innsbruck. The Mittenwald Railway also has a power station of itsown situated about miles to the south of Innsbruck inthe vicinity of the Sill works. This station contains two3000-volt, single
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