Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
BICYCLE STYLE Of RAILROAD
Developments tn the Gyro-cupe Car
for speed an sInaIe Rail
Track.

Some months aro louis Brennan ex-
In England a nudei EyrusCoDe car
0peratsd On a ina rail- vhirh performed
wonders OF equilibrium aud speed II was
regarded az 4 marvel which promised to
r-svoiuti0niza transportation II it were
possible 70 expand the carrying unit from
rhe modei size 10 large 1rnp0r-funs- since
then nut little 1as been heard OF the
Eroscupe chr. BUT evidently the inventor
haa bean lmpruvfng his time IN the devel-
1pment 1f his device for now comes wori
OF the trial u a n1rty-toot passenger car
With two scors Of carried at
high speed along q single rail tract and
around a circular track with a curve Of
1ns-eiEhth Of a nlls circle. The cables
-spurr a perfect success the car being
operated without hitch or mishap OF anv
sind maintaining a perfect balance even
when thc passengers Of one accord moved
20 one side or ne either This demon
It-zu0n r. regarded az establishing the
przCrtcabilltv II the 1ne-ral car
In the new Brennan modes. which Is ten
feet vide and thirteen feet in height. and
weighs twenty-five tons when empty
tho DoVver is supplied bv a gasoline engine.
which not 1ui~ -1r1s the guiding wheels.
but keeps the two -v-1sropes n~A0peratfun.
III Mata-A.EEa a.. nv AEEA AA4 =
half In diameter and together weigh one
and a half tons. they spin ar the rate Of
29o revolutions a minute. improved pneu-
matte devices assure the perfect operation
Of the horoscopes and reduce the incl
dental friction TO = negligible
Il iH believed that when once sent TO the
maximum Of rotation these wheels would
spin 50 long after the cutting of Of power
that there would be no possibility Of an
accident through the arrangement OF the
machinery, for the car viii remain upright
IN the single rail as long as the gyro-
scopes are in motion.
The advantages of the EyroscuDa mono
rail system az Tar as In mas been deveI-
upsd in theory are the higher rate Of
speed that is possible with safety than
on the dOuble-rail basis and the greater
c-heapness Of construction. The highe-
SAFE sDeed-sumarsd at fully 100 miles
an hours possible with the 1uuuraiI by
reason Of the fact that there is no Ian
gerJus vibration from side 70 side 70 cause
d~erailmeurs The Evroscuue insslr-s stead
mess in all conceivable circumstance
On the construction side a great gain E
expected in the elimination OF expensive
grading work, uunnelinE and other means
N avoiding obstacles now necessary IN
the construction Of lines. The munurail
car can eguua curves which are i'm
possible under the present system. Mr.
model car climbed grades be-
yond the recognized limit IF traction en-
gines Of both the locomotives and electric
types. Thus in the construction OF the
monorall line the permanent way Is COM
p~arauvely insxDenEive. IT is claimed bv
the inventor thar lines Of this type can
be run through country where now rail-
reading II virtually impossible by reason
Of the natural obstacles and the immense
expense OF overcoming them Al great an
would this be In such cuun-
tries as upper India. where railroad con-
strucriun IS attended with the gravest
difficulties, that the British government
Is -anN1uusly awaiting the perfection OF
the device for its lnstaIlment in the more
remote sections Of Hindustan-Washing-
ton star