. The Street railway journal . n a train is goingup the mountain another is traveling downtoward the valley over the rack road. ROUTE As shown in the accompanying profile ofthe complete line, the grades between Resinaand San Vito do not exceed 8 per cent. Aboutthe same grades are found between the Gov-ernment Observatory and the cable was determined, therefore, to operate bothof these divisions by the usual methods. Forthe section between the power station and theobservatory a rack road was chosen, as thatdivision includes grades as high as 25 per this division the motor car
. The Street railway journal . n a train is goingup the mountain another is traveling downtoward the valley over the rack road. ROUTE As shown in the accompanying profile ofthe complete line, the grades between Resinaand San Vito do not exceed 8 per cent. Aboutthe same grades are found between the Gov-ernment Observatory and the cable was determined, therefore, to operate bothof these divisions by the usual methods. Forthe section between the power station and theobservatory a rack road was chosen, as thatdivision includes grades as high as 25 per this division the motor car of the electricrailway is hauled by an electrically-driven racklocomotive. The Vesuvius Railway, as now completed, has agage of ins. (1 m), and is divided into three sections,having a total length of miles ( km). The first section about 1 mile (1650 m), and its highest point nearly 1950 ft.(594 m) above the sea. The third section is an ordinary elec-tric railway, similar to the first, and is miles (2700 111).
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