THE TEST TRACK HAD 70 LB. RAIL WITH NEW TIES AND GRAVEL BALLAST AND WAS DIVIDED INTO ELEVEN SECTIONS. THE FIRST AND LAST SECTIONS WERE FOR ACCELERATION AND BRAKING AND HAD WESTINGHOUSE STANDARD WOODEN POLE BRACKET CONSTRUCTION OF THE SINGLE CATENARY TYPE. ON THE OTHER SECTIONS WERE TESTED A VARIETY OF STEEL BRACKET POLES, STEEL STRUT AND SPAN WIRE SUPPORT BRIDGES, SINGLE AND SECONDARY CATENARY CONSTRUCTION WITH SINGLE AND DOUBLE TROLLEY WIRE. ALSO TESTED WERE VARIETIES OF HANGERS AND STEADY STRAINS. THE TESTS WERE CONDUCTED FROM OCTOBER FIRST UNTIL DECEMBER FIRST. |
SECTION THREE - FOUR 300 FOOT SPANS OF SINGLE CATENARY CONSTRUCTION - GUYED LATTICE POLES WITH CONNECTING WIRES FOUR TRACKS WIDE. THREE EXTRA MESSENGER CABLES WERE WEIGHTED TO SIMULATE FOUR CATENARY CONSTRUCTION | SECTION SEVEN - FOUR 300 FOOT SPANS OF DOUBLE CATENARY WITH TRANSITION FROM SINGLE TROLLEY WIRE TO DOUBLE WITH A SECTION BREAK. SELF SUPPORTING STEEL BRACKET ARMS. |
SECTION FIVE - FOUR 300 FOOT SPANS OF SECONDARY CATENARY CONSTRUCTION. GUYED STEEL BRACKET POLE CONSTUCTION | SECTION EIGHT - 900 FOOT SIMULATED TUNNEL |
REMAINING FOUNDATIONS - IN 1973 AND TWO IN 2001 |