The Street railway journal (1903) (14756022341)

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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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pe and a Klein cooling tower is used. At present only one sub-station is in use. It contains three150-kw synchronous motor generators, one 20-kw positivefeeder booster, one 8-kw negative feeder booster, one 14-kwbattery-charging reversible booster, and one 80-amp. milkingbooster. The motor generators work at 7000 volts, and run at428 r. p. m.; they are generally similar to the motor generatorin the power station described above. The cars are from the works of G. F. Milnes & Company, andare of the single-truck, double-deck type, with seating accom-modations for fifty-five passengers, thirty-three outside andtwenty-two inside. The motors are of the Witting, Eborall & incandescent lamps are carried on alternate poles except incertain of the city districts, where lamps are carried on everypole. The track is laid with 90-lb. 6-in. rail with standard gage.Tie-bars are used every yy2 ft. The track is laid on a 6-in. con-crete foundation extending entirely across the track. Cross-ties

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WAITING ROOM, SOUTH LANCASHIRE SYSTEM, BETWEENLIVERPOOL AND ST. HELENS are also used on a section of the track. The special work is ofcrucible cast-steel and was built by Askham Brothers & Wilson. The feeders are in general underground, and are paper-insu-lated and lead-covered. The high-tension feeders are carriedin earthenware pipes and the low-tension feeders in woodentroughs. They were supplied by the British Insulated & HelsbyCable Company. 262 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXII. No. 8. The engineers of the line were Messrs. Kincaid, Waller, NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES FOR THE B. & 0. Manville & Dawson. Sir John A. Willox is chairman of the South Lancashire Tramways and J. R. Salter is the companys A flattering recognition of the success of heavy electric trac- chief engineer. tion in tunnel work is shown by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Before closing the description reference will be made to the in increasing the equipment for the Baltimore tunnel by freight bu

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