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Identifier: railwaymastermec33newy (find matches)
Title: Railway master mechanic (microform)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : (Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp.)
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Three-Phase Electric Locomotive, Simplon Tunnel. 478 RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC December, 1909
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December, 1909 RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 479 which 19.S kilometres (12.4 miles) are in tunnel. The heav-iest gradients are 7 per 1000 (1 in 143), without counting asmall length on the north side where the gradientis 10 per 1000. The sharpest curve on the main line is300 metres (984 ft.) in radius, and 150 metres (492 ft.) isthe minimum used on the siding. The conditions the build-ers had to meet involved the hauling of one locomotive ofa passenger train weighing 300 tons at a speed of 70 kilo-metres (43.5 miles) per hour, and the same engine was alsoto be capable of hauling 400-ton freight trains at about 35kilometres (21.7 miles) per hour. Since June. 1906, whenelectric traction was first resorted to on the Simplon line,these train-loads have been exceeded, the passenger trainsfrequently weighing 350 tons, and the freight trains 650 tons,each of which is hauled by a single locomotive. The speedhas .been maintained at 70 kilometres except on the up-gradient of 1 in 143, where it is 35 k

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