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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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n the Rochester City line of the Rochester & Eastern RapidRailway between Canandaigua and Cobbs Hill, a distance of24.6 miles. This car was run as third section of a regular scheduledtrain making the ordinary stops of that train, the intentionbeing to place the test car under actual working conditions Volts ami Amperes■K-. 300 200 puting from the recording wattmeter, it will be seen that thecar required 3.409 kw-h. per car mile and 97.4 watt-hoursper ton mile. For the benefit of those who wish to study the trolleyvoltage conditions of the line, it may be stated that sub-stations containing two 300-kw rotaries each are located atCanandaigua, Victor and Pittsford. The trolley is singleNo. 0000 wire. The feeder is 400,000 circ. mil between Can-andaigua and Victor and Victor and Pittsford, and 500,000circ. mil between Pittsford and Rochester City line. For7500 ft. west of Canandaigua ticket office the track is laid with73-lb. Lorain girder rail. The reniaimlcr of the track is 70-lb.
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70 60 50 Distance in Thousands ol Feet 10 0 iSti-cct Hullivni/ Journal RUN SHEET, GIVING THE POWER CONSUMPTION AND SPEED TIME CURVES OF TEST CAR ON THE ROCHESTER & EASTERN RAILWAY as nearly as possible. The car left Canandaigua ticket office7>4 minutes later than the schedule leaving time of the reg-ular train, made four stops at cross streets in Canandaigua,sixteen country cross-road stops, and two station stops toobtain despatching orders, arriving at Rochester city line6>4 minutes later than schedule time, thus making up oneminute over schedule running time. By examining the speedtime curve of the chart it will be seen that the stops averagedfrom 20 to 40 seconds. The car was a 52-ft. coach equipped with four GE-73motors. The gear ratio was 32 to 43, the trucks were fittedwith 34-in. .steel-tired wheels. The total weight of the carwas over 69,000 lbs., or, in round figures, 35 tons without load. For the test the car was equipped as follows: Armatureill scries with No. i m

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