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Identifier: electricrailwayr162amer (find matches)
Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Toledo & Chicago Interurban Railway—Sectional Elevation of Power Station at Kendallville. October, 1906. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW o91 Indiana at Kondallville, and grade crossings with the B. & O.,Lake Shore in the town of Auburn, and the Vandalia southof Garrett. The electric tracks are connected with those ofthe G. R. & I. a short distance from the power house at Ken-dallville, and with the B. & O. at Auburn. The track is laid with 70-pound T-rail joined by spe-cial section angle bars designed to afford more than the usualclearance. Each rail joint is bonded with one No. 0000 straight track. Clamp ears are used. With this type oftrolley support it has not been thought necessary to head-anchor the line except at the ends of the lines. Standard(i. E. lightning arresters are spaced two to the mile and^irounded to plates and track rails. On curves the trolley wire is held in place by pull-offsconsisting of rods of specially treated wood reaching from
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Toledo & Chicago Interurban Railway—Singit-Track. Reinforced-Concrete Bridge near Auburn Junction. General Electric expanded-terminal bond. The ties, mostlycypress and oak. are spaced 3.000 to the mile and rest ongravel ballast. Overhead Construction. The cars are operated with 3,300-volt. 2.5-cycle alternatingcurrent distributed by a catenary-suspended trolley wire,the trolley being fed at various points by transformer sta-tions taking current from a 33,000-volt transmission line. Theaverage line loss for the distribution system does not exceedtwo per cent. Chestnut poles 35 and 40 feet high with 7-inch tops andset 100 feet apart support the overhead work. The trolleybrackets are made of two-inch pipe and each has at its outer Toledo & Chicago Interurban Railway—View Showing Construc-tion on Curves. the pole to the wire. On sharp curves such sticks are placed18 inches apart to give the wire an easy curve. The 33,000-volt high-tension line consists of two Xo. 4hard-drawn c

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  • bookid:electricrailwayr162amer
  • bookyear:1906
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:American_Street_and_Interurban_Railway_Association
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • bookpublisher:Chicago___Wilson_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:248
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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