Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1914 — Electric Railroad in the Tyrol. [ARTICLE]

Electric Railroad in the Tyrol.

The electric railroad known as Mebertscher Bahn is a short line of recent construction in South Tyrol, and it serves to connect the southern railroad station of Bozen, by way of Kaltern and St. Anthony, with the Mendelpass mountain Incline, which /Starts at this latter place. Of ten miles length with standard gauge track. the line Is Operated entirely by adhesion, even though the maximum gradient Is 6,2 per 100. A sub-station at Eppan, supplied by a power line, serves furnish 1,200-volt continuous current for the electric road. Passenger and freight trains are drawn by motor cam carrying two electric motors of 10G horsepower each. Scientific American. < ■ _ j-