. The Street railway journal . ted, will probably afford the best example of heavyhigh-speed electric railway work to be found in the road is being constructed from the Fifty-SecondAvenue terminus of the Metropolitan West Side ElevatedRailway in the western edge of Chicago to Wheaton, andfrom there one branch runs southwest to Aurora, and theother branch northeast to Elgin. From Fifty-Second engineer, however, aside from the local situation, is thesolidity of the construction, and the high speed at which itis expected to operate trains in suburban service. In hisstatement before the
. The Street railway journal . ted, will probably afford the best example of heavyhigh-speed electric railway work to be found in the road is being constructed from the Fifty-SecondAvenue terminus of the Metropolitan West Side ElevatedRailway in the western edge of Chicago to Wheaton, andfrom there one branch runs southwest to Aurora, and theother branch northeast to Elgin. From Fifty-Second engineer, however, aside from the local situation, is thesolidity of the construction, and the high speed at which itis expected to operate trains in suburban service. In hisstatement before the New York State Railroad Commis-sioners at the time of the New York & Portchester Rail-way hearing VV. P>. Potter, chief engineer of the Gen-eral Electric Company, made the statement that the Au-rora, Elgin & Chicago schedule speed was to be 40 milesper hour, including stops, with the stations 3 miles apart,the cars weighing 40 tons, and this with a maximum speedof 65 miles per hour. This gives a general idea of the. MASONRY AND STEEL BRIDGE —AURORA. ELGIN & CHICAGO RAILWAY Avenue to Elmhurst the line very nearly parallels the Chi-cago Great Western Railroad, and through Lombard, GlenEllyn and Wheaton parallels the Chicago & NorthwesternRailway. The territory through which this line passes isan excellent one for suburban travel. Between Chicagoand Wheaton the Chicago & Northwestern Railway givesthe principal service at the present time. Between schedule which will probably be maintained when the roadis completed. Of course, as a matter of fact, the locationof stopping places will vary considerably from the figuregiven. In some places, as, for example, between Wheatonand Elgin, long runs can be made at maximum speed. Themotor equipment is designed and guaranteed to maintain acar at a maximum speed of 70 miles per hour on the level
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