Boynton Bicycle Railroad
The Boynton Bicycle Railroad was a monorail in Brooklyn on Long Island ( New York ). It ran on a single load-bearing track on the floor and was stabilized by a wooden track 15 feet above it.
history
The 3.4 km long route ran in Brooklyn on a decommissioned section of the standard gauge Sea Beach and Brighton Railroad from Gravesend to Coney Island . According to an article in Scientific American dated March 28, 1891, the steam locomotive and wagons were in service for passenger services for several weeks in the summer of 1890 . With up to 50 trains per day with 3 passenger cars each, 100 to 300 passengers were transported per trip .
Locomotives
Locomotive No. 1 weighed 22 tons and was 4.72 m (15.5 feet) high. The drive wheel had a diameter of 2.36 m (7¾ feet) and was driven by a two-cylinder steam engine with 10 bar steam pressure. The engineer's cab was two-story, with the driver at the top and the stoker below. There are two 38-inch support wheels under the driver's cab. The guide device for the support rail was on the roof of the locomotive. All the wheels of the locomotives had flanks on both sides.
Locomotive No. 2 weighed nine tons and had a standing boiler. The drive wheel was 6 feet (1.82 m) in diameter and the two front idlers were 38 inches (96 cm). It had two cylinders (10 × 12 inches) and both cylinders acted on the cranks of the drive wheel.
Locomotive No. 3 was built for tram traffic. It had two drive wheels that were 1.52 m (5 feet) in diameter and weighed 16 tons. The cranks on the drive wheels were 178 mm long and the steam engine was designed for a speed of 600 rpm. According to the designer, it should be up to 160 km / h. On all locomotives and wagons, a guide device with two rubber-tyred wheels was attached above the center of gravity for the support rail running above.
Passenger cars
The cars were 1.22 m (4 feet) wide, 12.20 m (40 feet) long, and had two floors. They weighed about five tons and had room for 72 passengers. Each floor consisted of nine cabins for four people each. Each compartment had a sliding door that was connected to a central closing and opening mechanism operated by a conductor. The wheels were 0.96 m (38 inches) in diameter.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ William D. Middleton: Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America . Indiana University Press, January 2003, ISBN 0-253-34179-5 , p. 14.
- ^ The Boynton Bicycle Elevated Railroad. ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Scientific American, February 17, 1894
- ↑ a b The Boynton Unicycle Railroad Scientific American , March 28, 1891, catskillarchive.com, Timothy J. Mallery, 2006-2010, accessed August 31, 2020.
- ↑ 'The Boynton Bicycle Railroad.' Science, Vol. 14, No. 350 (October 18, 1889), p. 259.
Coordinates: 40 ° 34 ′ 31.6 " N , 73 ° 57 ′ 34" W.