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Subject:Re: Industrial motors (fwd)
From:Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Date:Wed, 08 May 1996 09:07:00 -0700 (PDT)

>>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.

...and who ya gonna call????

Volkswagen does it again!   :^)