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Title: Railway and Locomotive Engineering
Year: 1904 (1900s)
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Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
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cars andcoaches. The standard cars are 56 feetlong, w-eight 87.300 pounds each and aredivided into express, main passenger andsmoking compartments. The parlor cars,v.hich are hauled on express trains have.1 buffet and seat sixty r.crsons. They are•11 ted up with appointments equal in every ay to parlor cars operated by steam rail-roads and thus the system offers as com-plete comfort to the traveler as can be se-cured on competing steam lines, with theadded comfort of freedom from smoke,etc. Each motor car is equipped withfour Westinghouse 120 horsepower, 600-1,200 volt commutating pole motors, and1.200 volt HL control. Since the opening of tlie road th.e pas-senger traffic between Oakland and Sacra-mento has increased so rapidly that in or-der to meet the demands il has been neces-sary to supplement the multiple unit trainsand cars by electric locomotive hauledtrains composed of standard passengercoaches, i-or this purpose four articulat-ing truck, liiah >pecd. f)2-ton 15aldwin-
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CAR FERRY "RAMON," OAKLAND ANTIOCH AND EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
this bay. Meanwhile the cars with pas-sengers aboard are ferried across so thati;o change of cars is necessary. The carferry is known as the Ramon. and isconstructed entirely of steel. It is 185 of opposite pitch and the direction of theboat is controlled by engaging either oneclutch or the other, thus avoiding revers-ing. There are three tracks on the maindeck, each 220 feet long, and can accomo- Westinghouse electric locomotives areemployed. Each is equipped with four250 horsepower, 600-1.200 volt, commutat-ing pole motors, geared 24:47 with 42-inch wheels, giving a maximum permissi- 328 UAILWAY AND L( )C()M( iTl\K EX(;i NEEKING. October, 1916. bic speed of 70 miles. v>cr hour. These lo-comotives are able to haul five steel, 37yi-lon coaches on a level tangent track with1.100 volts on the trolley, at a balancingspeed of 56 miles per hour. HL controlmounted in the center of cacli locomotivecab controls the power to the motors.The use of electric locomotives o

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