The Street railway journal (1899) (14755906411)

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Title: The Street railway journal

Year: 1884 (1880s)

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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation

Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.

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speed, requiring only a few seconds, switch B is closed; currentthen passes from transformer through wiring R R, contact shoeQ, pin No. r, coil H to ground. This current passing through thecoil H, magnetizes the core S, which, in turn, attracts the arma-ture P, closing the switch and establishing connection betweenthe pin 2, and the 500-volt main feeder K, K, through wiring N,coil I, and contacts; switch C is now closed and switches A and Bopened, the transformer then stops, the switch X2 is kept closed,however, by the current flowing from the main feeder throughlamp L connection R, M, coil H to ground. The car now pro-ceeds on its way, current from the main passing through coil I,contact bar A2 connection T, to the controller and motors in theusual manner. When the car has advanced a short distance the

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FIG. I.—VIEW OF TRACK this system at the United States Navy Proving Grounds at IndianHead on the the Potomac. The entire line is about 3 miles inlength, part being operated by an overhead trolley, and the re-mainder by the Westinghouse magneto-electric surface contactsystem. The railway track crosses the firing line, where the over-head wires would be in danger from projectiles, and an under-ground or surface system was imperative. A part of the track is

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