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Title: Factory and industrial management
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: Engineering Factory management Industrial efficiency
Publisher: New York (etc.) McGraw-Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Engineering - University of Toronto
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found to be from70 per cent, to 85 percent. The governmentrailroad authorities have decided to discon-tinue the electric ser-vice, but the failure ofthe road has been duemore to half-heartedmeasures than to anydefect in the system. The first installationof a high-speed elec-tric road in Europe wasbetween Diisseldorfand Krefeld, a totaldistance of 13.6 miles,the longest stretch be-tween stopping placesbeing 10.4 miles. Sincethe road parallels thesteam railway for thegreater part of itslength, it is considerednecessary to maintain aspeed of 25 miles perhour on the openstretches. A speed of37.2 miles per hour hasbeen reached on trialtrips. The road doesnot pass through theintervening towns butonly touches the out-skirts. It is double- HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS. 883 tracked form Diisseldorf to Oberkassel, the terminus of the Diisseldorflocal traffic. Direct current is used at 600 volts pressure and the carsare mounted upon double trucks, each truck carrying a 40-horse-power
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SUSPENDED RAILWAY AND TRAIN AT ELBERFIELD. motor. The passengers are divided into three classes, the total seatingcapacity of a car being 34. Three kinds of brakes are used, viz., handbrakes, electric short-circuit brakes, and Standard air-brakes, andeach motor car is also equipped with two trolley poles. Trains leaveeach terminal station every half-hour. The road has developed a quiteconsiderable freight and farm service. A road which has attracted considerable attention by its novel andunique features is the suspended railway at Elberfeld-Barmen, wherethe cars are hung from a single rail without any side guards or sup-ports, so that in going around curves the cars may assume an inclinedposition. Of the eight miles originally planned, only 4^ have beenbuilt. The speed of the cars is from I2>^ to 14 miles per hour. Theswitching construction is highly interesting but is not considered safeand is used only by empty cars. The Swiss* roads are very interesting because of the original e

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