Westinghouse Elevator Fast Track Hydraulic Elevator

What is a Westinghouse Fast Track?  I’m glad you asked.  I’ve only seen two of these elevators.  One was in Riverside, IL which had been modernized with an Atel Controller installed on the car top. Last year we modernized the elevator again and put the controller in the machine room.  

The other location is in Des Plaines, IL.  This is a short run of Westinghouse Hydraulic elevators that had a very limited release and had the controller on the elevator car top. It never caught on.  I just found out when we went to buy the prints, and they were very expensive to get, this is called a “FAST TRACK”.

 

Fixtures look like a vanilla Westinghouse

Car top looks like a vanilla Westinghouse

Machine room looks like a vanilla Westinghouse

Then you open up the panels on the car top

Yes, that is a PLC

What do you do if you have one of these elevators – Get a modernization plan immediately!  There are limited parts, support and field domain knowledge for these elevators is extremely limited.  Please put the elevator controller in the machine room.

If you have any questions or would like additional information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or 630-766-7230 ext. 107.