. Electrical world. Fig. I.—General \ie\\ uf All. \ tsLvius; Electkic Kailuav kn ihe Fuklgkul nd. operate both of these divisions by an electric railway. For the sectionbetween the power station and the observatory a rack road waschosen, as that division includes grades as high as 25 per cent. Onthis division the motor car of the electric railway is hauled by an through inhabited territory, but soon enters a large forest, from whichit does not emerge until it reaches the observatory. The observatoryrailway station lies very near the large hotel which has been builtat this point by Messrs. Cook
. Electrical world. Fig. I.—General \ie\\ uf All. \ tsLvius; Electkic Kailuav kn ihe Fuklgkul nd. operate both of these divisions by an electric railway. For the sectionbetween the power station and the observatory a rack road waschosen, as that division includes grades as high as 25 per cent. Onthis division the motor car of the electric railway is hauled by an through inhabited territory, but soon enters a large forest, from whichit does not emerge until it reaches the observatory. The observatoryrailway station lies very near the large hotel which has been builtat this point by Messrs. Cook. There is also close to the station a ELECTRICAL WORLD and ENGINEER. Vol. XLIII, Xo. 19. little chapel and park. From this station the line is again of theordinary electric raihvaj construction, and traverses a distance ofapproximately miles before reaching the lower station of the oldcable track construction of the electric line consists of rails FIG. 3.—BUILDING THE R.\CK R.\IL DIVISION. high, weighing about 40 pounds per yard. The rack rails are laid onll-ft. 3-in. sections, while the outside rails are 33 ft. 9 in. long. Therails on the rack road and the curves on the other divisions areanchored by means of iron tie plates. On straight track of the elec-tric railway divisions the joints are furnished with the usual baseplates as well as angle plates. Oak ties areused throughout rather than metal ones, asthey can be replaced more quickly in caseof lava overflows, and because the Strubrack system operates equally well with metalor wooden ties. These ties are 6 ft. in. to 7 in. wide and in. to Plastic bonds are used for bondingin the rail return except at special work,where wire bonds are used. To make possible a 35-minute headwayturnouts have been built at each end of therack division. The present equipment con-sists of three motor cars and two rack loco-motives. The cars have single trucks of
Size: 1536px × 1626px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectelectri, bookyear1883
