. Electric railway journal . air compressors. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 7. OVERHEAD SIGNAL INSTALLATION AT YONKERS An interesting example of how a simple overhead signalsystem can be employed to improve car-operating condi-tions at a highly congested point is the installation maderecently for the Yonkers (N. Y.) Railroad by the UnitedStates Electric Signal Company, West Newton, traffic center of Yonkers is Getty Square, where sevenof this railways nine lines converge. Of these lines fourcome inbound and one goes outbound over an 800-ft. sectionof single track on Palisade
. Electric railway journal . air compressors. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 7. OVERHEAD SIGNAL INSTALLATION AT YONKERS An interesting example of how a simple overhead signalsystem can be employed to improve car-operating condi-tions at a highly congested point is the installation maderecently for the Yonkers (N. Y.) Railroad by the UnitedStates Electric Signal Company, West Newton, traffic center of Yonkers is Getty Square, where sevenof this railways nine lines converge. Of these lines fourcome inbound and one goes outbound over an 800-ft. sectionof single track on Palisade Avenue between Getty Squareand Elm Street. The difficulties of the situation are in-creased by the condition that all the converging thorough-fares enter Getty Square on steep grades. Furthermore,the square is also the passing point for a great deal ofvehicle traffic owing to the fact that its Main Street outletpresents the easiest route between the eastern and westernpart of Yonkers. The layout of streets near the section. Yonkers Signal Installation—Overhead Switch and Pole Signal Outfits at Opposite Ends of the Palisade Avenue Single-Track Section has met satisfactorily on the Palisade Avenue section ofsingle track are clear from the accompanying table, whichshows the number of cars operated a day and also the rush-hour headways of the different lines. Number and Headway of Cars on Yonkers Ltnes Trips Through Rush-HourInbound Palisade Avenue Headway, Minutes Mount Vernon 96 12 Tuckahoe 108 10 (double headers 5:30 7 ) Nepera Park 83 15 Park Avenue 159 5 Outbound Park Avenue 159 5 (a few double headers) Cars per day 605, or cars per year, 220,825 The schedule thus calls for the operation of 159 out-bound cars and 446 inbound cars, the headways of the sev-eral lines ranging from twelve to five minutes. This con-dition, of course, made it necessary to install a counting which has been furnished with signals is shown in a dia-gram on page 297. The second diagram sho
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