. The street railway review . f connection isthen approximately 500 volts, this signal then indicates full speedposition of the controller. As this system does not depend on any mechanical movementsother than those necessary for regular operation, the signals cannotpossibly be disarranged, and the completing of the circuits throughthe contact-plate on the reverser switch automatically adjusts thesignal circuit for proper use according to the direction the car isrunning. The circuits are such that when the reverser is thrownto the back-up position the red lights are lighted for all feed posi-ti
. The street railway review . f connection isthen approximately 500 volts, this signal then indicates full speedposition of the controller. As this system does not depend on any mechanical movementsother than those necessary for regular operation, the signals cannotpossibly be disarranged, and the completing of the circuits throughthe contact-plate on the reverser switch automatically adjusts thesignal circuit for proper use according to the direction the car isrunning. The circuits are such that when the reverser is thrownto the back-up position the red lights are lighted for all feed posi-tions of the controller handle. « ■ » Limited Kxpress Trains to the Chicago The running ui irainb by the Aurora, Elgin & Chicago RailwayCo. to the Fifth Ave. terminal of the Metropolitan Elevated Ry. inthe Chicago business district, begun March nth, marks an importantstep in the handling of suburban traffic. It is believed tliat this isthe first suburban electric road which has been able to offer both. CONCRETE-STEEL PLATFORMS, FIFTH AVENLI. 11-KMINAL. limited and local service from outlying towns to the very center ofthe business district of a metropolitan city. The Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Ry., which was described in theReview for Aug. 20, 1902, is a double-track third-rail road ex-tending from 52nd Ave., Chicago, the terminus of the MetropolitanElevated, 21 miles to Wheaton, at which point the double tracksdiverge, one running in a northwesterly direction to Elgin, theother in a southwesterly direction to Aurora. A seven-mile branchconnects Batavia with a junction point on the main line about fourmiles northeast of Aurora. The new service was made possible by an agreement between themanagements of the Metropolitan elevated and the Aurora, Elgin& Chicago roads by which the suburban cars from Aurora andElgin are given the privilege of running express schedule from theterminus of the Metropolitan road at 52nd Ave. to its new FifthAve. Stub-terminal. In excha
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