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Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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1,713,602,810 The locomotive fuel expense in 1923 was. .$542,305,784 In 1926 it was only 417,180,674 Reduction over 1923 $125,125,110 It must be borne in mind, of course, that the total dropin locomotive fuel expense is not all due to economy in New Locomotives for Paulista Railway Three new electric locomotives, the largest and mostpowerful units ever operated on 3,000 volts, direct cur-rent, in any country outside the United States have beenput into express passenger service by the Paulista Rail-way of Brazil. This company electrified part of its mainline in 1921 and the results have been so successful thatthree subsequent extensions have been made, bringingthe length of the electric zone up to about 180 miles,and the total number of 3,000-volt electric locomotivesup to 24. The complete locomotives, including both mechanicaland electrical parts, were built by the General ElectricCompany at its plant in Erie, Pennsylvania. They areof the geared motor type, and each locomotive has two
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Electric Locomotive of the Paulista Railway, Brazil its use. The cost of fuel is no small factor and as therehas been a material reduction in price, this factor mustbe taken into account. There are two other items of more than ordinary inter-est in economy of operation that does not to any appre-ciable extent affect fuel economy. These are the amountof material on hand and the average car miles per freightcar per day. Materials on hand has been reduced many millions ofdollars and could with safety be further reduced, whilethe wonderful increase in freight car miles per dayshows great economies are being effected in that item. driving trucks articulated together, and a cab mountedon center plates. Each driving truck has three indi-vidually driven axles and is provided with a single-axle,radius-bar guiding truck. Direct current is obtained from an overhead trolley at3,000 volts and is supplied to the traction motors whichare wound for 1,500 volts and connected, each pair inseries, acros

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