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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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sealed and which prevents thereverser handle from being placed in the manual posi-tion. There are four series points on the controller,three intermediate and three parallel, with an addi- tional two positions by which the field of the motors isshunted when higher speed is required for expresstraffic. The brake is the automatic vacuum type, so that, ifnecessary, ordinary steam trail cars can be coupled toelectric trains, the brake still being effective. Thevacuum is produced by means of a twin cylinder ex-hauster, driven through gearing by a Mather & Piatt5-hp. 100-volt motor. Current for heating is takenfrom the 1200-volt circuit, and for the lighting, pumpmotor and control, from the 100-volt circuit. The trol-ley cables, of which there are two, one on each side ofthe car, are continuous throughout the trains. All-Steel Cars The electric trains for the new service consist ofeither two, three, four or five cars, according to therequirements of traffic, but the standard trains will
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LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE ELECTRIFICATION—FIVE CAR TRAIN OPERATING FROM 1200-VOLT SIDE-CONTACT THIRD-RAIL 442 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL (Vol. XLVII, No. 10 have five cars, the front, center and rear vehicles beingthird-class motor cars, and the intermediate vehiclesfirst-class and third-class trail cars. A feature of thedesign is that the compartment for the accommodationof the driver is at each end of all cars, which enablesthe trains to be made up to any length required withthe minimum of switching operations, time being of theutmost importance on an electric service. The framework is of steel and the roof and thepaneling of the sides are of aluminum sheets, the in-terior work being finished with moldings of. drawnsteel* and aluminum sections. The parcel racks, airextractors and electrical fittings, together with all in-side furniture of the cars, are made in polished aluminum, and the doors are made of steel. Particulars of the motor and trail cars follow: Length over body 63 ft.

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