. The street railway review . ne. The firm also ™ has the contract for the reconstruction of the St. Charles Street Railway Com-pany and the Orleans Railroad Company, both of NewOrleans, 24^ miles. DaU IS CarNo. 1 2 3 4 5 S 7 8 9 10 U 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 The Ranken & Fritsch Foundry & Machine Company,St. Louis, will supply one 500-horse-power and one1,000-horse-power engine and boilers for the Tillotsoninterurban, from Oshkosh, Wis., to Kaukauna, and theSt. Louis Car Company has the contract for 20 singleand 10 double truck cars. The Illinois Steel Companywill furnish the rails. (^tied/l?^mlM
. The street railway review . ne. The firm also ™ has the contract for the reconstruction of the St. Charles Street Railway Com-pany and the Orleans Railroad Company, both of NewOrleans, 24^ miles. DaU IS CarNo. 1 2 3 4 5 S 7 8 9 10 U 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 The Ranken & Fritsch Foundry & Machine Company,St. Louis, will supply one 500-horse-power and one1,000-horse-power engine and boilers for the Tillotsoninterurban, from Oshkosh, Wis., to Kaukauna, and theSt. Louis Car Company has the contract for 20 singleand 10 double truck cars. The Illinois Steel Companywill furnish the rails. (^tied/l?^mlM^9^VkW 221 UP MOUNT VESUVIUS. The incline railway up the crater of Mount Vesuviusowes its existence to the enterprising tourist excursionmanagers, Thomas Cook & Son. The ascent to theclassic crater, once very difficult, is now easy and is madepossible for all. Excellent ideas of this road and its sur-roundings can be obtained from the accompanyingengravings. The incline is 2,700 feet long and the vertical ascent. in that distance is 1,300 feet. The minimum incline isat the lower station and is 22 degrees. The maximumis 32 degrees at the upper station. The road is doubletrack, arranged to have one ascending and one descend-ing car. The cars run on a central vignole rail laid on > m THE FINISH. THE START. a beam. On each side and near the bottom of this beamare flat rails, against which the guide wheels run whichkeep the cars upright. The ballast consists of ashessecured against sliding down hill by masonry pillars builtat distances of 200 to 400 feet, on a solid stratum of cable is driven from the lower station by a 30-horsepower double cylinder steam engine. This is geared totwo cable driving drums. Each cable is endless and hastwo cars attached to it. Each car thus has two cables.
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