. The Street railway journal . SECTION OF SIDE CONDUIT USEDIN VIENNA and the sharpest grade per cent, but this is fora length of only 260 ft. OVERHEAD CONSTRUC-TION The overhead system isprovided with the Sie-mens-Halske sliding con-tact, with the exceptionof a stretch of 4 milespassing from KronprinzRudolfs Bridge to Kag-ran. With the slidingcontact construction, fewerpoles are necessary, andon the HauptzollamtsBridge the poles are 328 ROLLING STOCKWhen the road wasopened to traffic therewere 895 cars with twoaxles, and fifty weredouble-truck cars. Trail-ers are extensively us
. The Street railway journal . SECTION OF SIDE CONDUIT USEDIN VIENNA and the sharpest grade per cent, but this is fora length of only 260 ft. OVERHEAD CONSTRUC-TION The overhead system isprovided with the Sie-mens-Halske sliding con-tact, with the exceptionof a stretch of 4 milespassing from KronprinzRudolfs Bridge to Kag-ran. With the slidingcontact construction, fewerpoles are necessary, andon the HauptzollamtsBridge the poles are 328 ROLLING STOCKWhen the road wasopened to traffic therewere 895 cars with twoaxles, and fifty weredouble-truck cars. Trail-ers are extensively used,and at the beginning of1904 the company owned700 cars of this type. The maximum speed allowed is 15 km (9J/2miles) in the center of the city, 18 km (11^2 miles) in the lesscrowded sections, and 30 km (19 miles) outside the city car is provided with two plows, so that contact can be madeon either side with the underground conduit, in addition to the bow. The plow itself has a wooden frame, reinforced with metal.
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