. The Street railway journal . n from the accompanying plan, the terminal consistsof two great loops, enclosing five storage tracks betweeneach loop. This duplicate arrangement is adopted to sepa-rate the Minneapolis and St. Paul traffic; the St. Paul carsenter and leave on the east or St. Paul loop, while theMinneapolis cars use the west or Minneapolis loop. Largesigns direct the passengers to the proper points and abso-lutely no confusion occurs. The main loops are so con-nected to the two main tracks that cars can be run in andout of the terminal in almost any conceivable manner, mak-ing a
. The Street railway journal . n from the accompanying plan, the terminal consistsof two great loops, enclosing five storage tracks betweeneach loop. This duplicate arrangement is adopted to sepa-rate the Minneapolis and St. Paul traffic; the St. Paul carsenter and leave on the east or St. Paul loop, while theMinneapolis cars use the west or Minneapolis loop. Largesigns direct the passengers to the proper points and abso-lutely no confusion occurs. The main loops are so con-nected to the two main tracks that cars can be run in andout of the terminal in almost any conceivable manner, mak-ing a very flexible arrangement. The method of handling and dispatching cars in and outof the terminal is as follows: Through service, running oma five-minute schedule, is maintained between Minneapolisand St. Paul. These cars come from Minneapolis on maintrack B and enter the St. Paul loop by means of track proceed around this loop, stopping at the upper endto receive and discharge passengers, and then go out to FAIR GROUNDS. GENERAL TRACK PLAN AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR GROUNDS November 2, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. main track B again via track 2. Through cars from enter the Minneapolis loop from main track A viatrack 6, proceed around the loop, stopping at the loadingplatform at the upper end as described above and then leavethe terminal over track 3 which switches the car again onto main track A. Local cars are run from both cities on a 134-minuteschedule. The Minneapolis cars enter from main track Bvia track 4 and proceed to the unloading platform, fromwhich they return either to Minneapolis over track 3 orenter the storage yard via ladder track 7. St. Paul carsare run around the St. Paul loop in a similar manner. Thismethod gives a continuous, uninterrupted stream of boththrough and local cars, all moving in the same directionon each loop; the traffic from each city is completely sepa-rated, an important feature in operating a terminal of thisnature. While u
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