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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
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ength of the electrified section is 3.7miles, the maximum grade eastbound 1.52per cent., the average through grade 0.9per cent, and the maximum curvature 10degrees, 16 minutes. The first trial trip with electric loco-motive No. 1 was made on June 27, 1894, but the Belt Line was not openedfor traffic until May 1, 1895. Regularservice was commenced on August 1, 1895, with three locomotives available.An overhead distribution system was in-stalled, but, as it never gave entirely tors, direct connected to tandem com-pound non-condensing engines of theCorliss type. A large proportion of theplant output was, however, used in therailroad shops and for other purposes.With this installation only one trainat a time could be handled over the BeltLine, and the load was intermittent andof high peak character. In order to se-cure more economical operation and toimprove the line voltage a storage batterysub-station was subsequently built atMount Royal passenger station, 1 ^ milesfrom the power house.
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TWO 100 TON ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES HAULING A FREIGHT TRAIN. NOTE THE THIRDRAIL AND PROTECTING GUARD satisfactory service, it was replaced in1902 by the third rail system. Fourmore electric locomotives were purchasedin 1903, and another of the same type in1906. In 1910 and 1912 a total of fourlocomotives of a more powerful type thanthose then in service were purchased andthe original three retired. Electric energy for the locomotives wasoriginally supplied from a generating sta-tion located just west of Camden Station.The generating units consisted of five 500kilowatt, 700 volt direct current genera- With this installation it was possible tohandle simultaneously one 1600 tonfreight train (including weight of electriclocomotive) and one light passenger train.In 1909 a contract for the purchase ofcurrent was entered into with the Con-solidated Gas Electric Light and PowerCompany, of Baltimore, and a synchron-ous converter sub-station was built ad-joining the Mount Royal battery station.The

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