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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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ollecting the currentfrom a third rail. The shoes are mounted on the motor carsonly, and the heate -s and lights on the trailers are suppliedthrough suitable flexible connectors between the cars. One ofthese motor cars is used at each end of the train, the compartmentend of the motor car being always either the leading or trailingend of train. Wires and connectors, already described, for sim-ultaneously operating the controllers, circuit breakers and sandingdevices on both motor cars from the compartment of either motorcar, are also provided on all cars. Each of these motor cars,without passenger load, weighs about 60,000 lbs., the weight of themotor end being 41,000 lbs., and the other end 19,000 lbs. Upon the same experimental road, between East Pittsburgh andWilmerding, are also operated two very heavy motor cars, eachequipped with four 150-h.p. motors, and two controllers operatedby means of the Westinghouse electro-pneumatic system of con- A Large Manufacturer of Electrical Goods
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FIG. 10.—VIEW OF TRUCK WITH UPPER PART REMOVED, EXPOSING THE MOTORS FOR INSPECTION trol. These cars are also equipped with air pumps and quickaction air brakes, and are constructed for operating heavy subur-ban trains, running at high speed and making frequent stops. By reason of the close business relations which obtain amongthe Westinghouse Companies and an existing working agreementwith the Baldwin Locomotive Works, substantially all the parts ofa complete equipment, except the car body, are manufactured byassociated interests. It is, therefore, possible to provide a com-plete equipment, all the elements of which are designed to har-monize and properly co-operate with each other. »<M Telephones for Electric Traction Systems The General Electric Company, Limited, of 39 Victoria Street,London, is making a large number of telephones for electrictraction systems, and for this purpose has designed an instrumentof an efficient type and yet one which occupies a minimum space,the lat

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