. Electric railway journal . I, No. 15. gers. The winding character of the route gives prob-ably the most varied and comprehensive views of Chat-tanooga, the Tennessee River, Waldens Ridge and thesurrounding country. INCLINED RAILWAY The inclined railway has its lower terminus at and operates for a distance of 4750 ft., a line run-ning to the top of the mountain. The difference inelevation between St. Elmo and the Lookout Mountainstation, at the summit of the mountain, is approximately1500 ft. The average gradient is about 35 per cent,reaching a maximum near the head of 67 per cent. Th
. Electric railway journal . I, No. 15. gers. The winding character of the route gives prob-ably the most varied and comprehensive views of Chat-tanooga, the Tennessee River, Waldens Ridge and thesurrounding country. INCLINED RAILWAY The inclined railway has its lower terminus at and operates for a distance of 4750 ft., a line run-ning to the top of the mountain. The difference inelevation between St. Elmo and the Lookout Mountainstation, at the summit of the mountain, is approximately1500 ft. The average gradient is about 35 per cent,reaching a maximum near the head of 67 per cent. This railway is built with 56-lb T-rails laid on 8-in. x 8-ft. ties and is standard gage turnout is located half way between stations, and be-tween this turnout and the head of the incline threerails are used instead of two independent doubletracks. By an ingenious arrangement of the switches of theturnout and by having inside wheel flanges on one carand outside wheel flanges on the other, it is possible to. Lookout Mountain—A Typical Rock Cut on the New Right-of-Way dispense with any movable parts at the turnoutswitches. A large part of the line, particularly at theupper end, runs over substantial wooden trestles. The two cars operated on this railway are built at anangle to fit the average grade. These cars are 31 in. in length and have a capacity of forty-five pas-sengers each. They are large and comfortable, withelectric lighting and heating and have observation plat-forms on the lower ends. The cars are hoisted to thetop of the mountain by a modern electric-driven hoistwith two motors of 130 hp each. They are operated at600 volts each, driving winding drums over which two1%-in. steel cables are wound. At different points, 30ft. apart, along the incline are small sheaves on whichthe cable travels as the car ascends and descends themountain. It is impossible to hoist a car past a given point atthe head of the incline, as the current is shut off grad
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