In a message dated 96-05-06 22:36:40 EDT, sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu (Sean Bartnik)
writes:

>Well,
>I've seen a VW industrial engine before.  It was at the King's Dominion
>theme park in Virginia.  Was being used for the sky ride kinda thing --
>cars run on a cable in the air through the park.  Dn
>on't know exaclty
>what id
>t did (generator powering?) but I looked at it and 
>d
> said
>wow, a beelte 

This engine is used as an Emergency back up in case of park power failure.
 Imagine a power failure with people stuck on the Sky Ride.