Identifier: streetrailwayjo231904newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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about 4500 ft. above thesea, is covered by extensive pine forests.From this point extensive views are presentedof the Nons Valley, the Brenta-Presanellarange and the Ortler group. The builders of thexMendelbahn took every precaution not to dis-turb the beauty of the surroundings, the pres-ence of the line being perceptible here andthere only by the projection of some viaduct. In May, 1902, the owners of the Bozen-Kaltern railway determined to extend theirline to the Mendel Pass. This extension, whichis partly electric and partly cable, was plannedand constructed by E. Strub, the well-known engineer ofZurich, Switzerland. The line is operated from April to No-vember. ELECTRIC RAILWAYThis division of the line begins at the Kaltern depot of the The electrical division is about 1.2 miles long, and in thatdistance has a change in level of 344 ft. The track, which islaid on larchwood ties, weighs 52.4 lbs. per yard (26 kg permeter). The rolling stock consists of two motor cars and one open
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MOTOR CAR USED ON THE MENDELBAHN trailer. At Kaltern the steam locomotive is replaced by one ofthe motor cars, which hauls a passenger car, and frequently afreight car, of the Uebertscherbahn. Each motor car has five first-class seats, fifteen second-classseats, and platform room for about eleven passengers. The

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