. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—SIDE ELEVATION OF AUTOMATIC PICK-UP-RAILROAD. method of rope drive employed in the central power sta-tion, in which both winding drums are driven from thesame pinion, is giving most excellent satisfaction. Themachinery is noiseless in operation, and the manillaropes are making an excellent record, as well as the en-gines and boilers. The station, it will be remembered, isa large six story brick building, and the various floors arerented for offices and manufacturing purposes wherepower is employed, the shafting of the different floorsbeing operated by an
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—SIDE ELEVATION OF AUTOMATIC PICK-UP-RAILROAD. method of rope drive employed in the central power sta-tion, in which both winding drums are driven from thesame pinion, is giving most excellent satisfaction. Themachinery is noiseless in operation, and the manillaropes are making an excellent record, as well as the en-gines and boilers. The station, it will be remembered, isa large six story brick building, and the various floors arerented for offices and manufacturing purposes wherepower is employed, the shafting of the different floorsbeing operated by an independent engine. All the apart-ments have not yet been leased, but the scheme is prov-ing a paying one. The principal grip repair shop is on Street Railway Journal FIG. 4.—CROSS SECTION OF AUTOMATIC PICK-UP—WASHINGTON. the rope drive without interfering with the traffic, to re-place the gear with a system of rope drive modeled afterthat in the central station. CAR SERVICE. All the trains on this entire system consist
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