. The Street railway journal . pped to correspond with the grade, whichis 34 per cent. There are two cars, one of which is as-cending while the other is descending. There is only onetrack and a turnout is provided in the middle. In orderto enable the cars to take the special work properly theoutside wheel of each car is provided with two flanges,while the inside wheel is perfectly flat, having no cable passes over a large .sheave at the top of themountain and motive power is supplied by two specialGE-80 motors placed under each car and geared to the wheels. A signaling circuit make
. The Street railway journal . pped to correspond with the grade, whichis 34 per cent. There are two cars, one of which is as-cending while the other is descending. There is only onetrack and a turnout is provided in the middle. In orderto enable the cars to take the special work properly theoutside wheel of each car is provided with two flanges,while the inside wheel is perfectly flat, having no cable passes over a large .sheave at the top of themountain and motive power is supplied by two specialGE-80 motors placed under each car and geared to the wheels. A signaling circuit makes it possil)lc for eithermotorman to signal the other so that the cars at oppositeends of the incline may be started and stopped in wires for this signal circuit are strung beside thetrack at the level of the rail and connection with the caris made by sliding contact. The safety appliances are veryelaborate. A heavy timber 6 in. x 12 in. is laid beside thetrack and bolted to the ties and a grip is arranged to engage. UNCANOONUC INCLINE CAR this timber automatically by means of a centrifugal deviceif the speed becomes excessive. The grip can also be actu-ated by hand. In addition to this, regular hand brakes areprovided. The length of the ascent is about half a mile. From the top of the mountain one can see 30 miles inanv direction, while many more distant mountain peaks arevisible. On a clear day the Presidential Range of theWhite Mountains, loi miles distant, can be discerned.
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