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Identifier: railwaylocomotiv41newy (find matches)
Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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nsiderabletravel to the railways, but where they afford appropriateaccommodations they will reduce the cost of operatingsuch passenger train service as must be maintained forpublic convenience. been found possible to meet the existing service by theintroduction of the motor rail car, which has resulted inmost cases in a material saving in operation. The cars now in use are not uniform in design, butvary in accordance with service requirements. Inasmuchas these requirements vary to a considerable extent, deci-sion to operate a rail motor car is based on carefulanalysis of each particular situation. Up to date the operation of these cars has beensatisfactory. Mr. C. S. Millard. General Manager of the Big Fourfinds the future for the gas-electric car very bright. Hesays: The experience we have had on the Big Four in theoperation of gas-electric motor cars for handling branchline passenger traffic and local passenger traffic on mainlines has resulted in a material saving in operation. The
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Gas-Electric Car of the New York Central Lines J think the use of gas-electric rail cars will be in-creased, because I believe more of the railways will cometo believe that the only means for meeting their greatlyreduced passenger revenue is by decreasing the localservice and providing such as must be maintained in themost economical manner rather than by attempting torecover the loss by maintaining unprofitable train serviceand lowering rates. According to Mr. F. H. Hardin, Assistant to thePresident of the New York Central, which system oper-ates or has on order a total of 37 gas-electric rail cars,the use of this equipment has resulted in a materialsaving in operation. He says: The New York Central Railroad has at present inservice 15 cars and an additional 10 on order not yetdelivered. In addition the New York Central SystemLines has 12 cars now in service. The use of these cars is the result of the falling offof passenger traffic on certain branch line territories,with the result

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  • bookid:railwaylocomotiv41newy
  • bookyear:1901
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Locomotives
  • bookpublisher:New_York___A__Sinclair_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:161
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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