Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — Novel Elevated Railway [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Novel Elevated Railway

The invention illustrated in the cut comprises a novel form of elevated or surface railway, which should be both speedy and cheap to build. The cars

are slot ted "through the Center, and are provided with wheels in sets o f three e a c b~~ which run on the main elevated rail and the two auxilia rle s undernea t h the car. In the case of

individual cars the power is applied t° the upper wheel but if a whole train is made up a special engine is provided, with the driving wheels mounted near the top. With this pattern of railroad a high speed can be obtained, and there is small danger of an accident on curves. When the road used is an elevated one the rails are mounted on the top of a single post, which is braced at the curves, but not necessarily so on the straight track. The seats are arranged with the backs toward the center, affording a view through the windows along the side*, the entrance doors being at either end of the car. The inventor’s patent also makes provision for a turntable, which is necessary where two tracks cross each other, as the three sets of rails have to be aligned with one track or the other.