Electric railway review (1906) (14574791767)

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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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and brushes, so that milch Is expected of them inthe future. In conjunction with the Westinghouse machine Companya steam turbine generator set is displayed on the first floorfor inspection. This is a unit capable of delivering 500 kilo-watts at normal rating, and represents a most compact andreliable machine for the development of power by steam. Itsremarkably small size for so large an output is the featurewhich appears to impress most persons. Its smooth runningunder full load and the absence of the usual troubles whichresult with a steam engine, as well as its low steam consump-tion, make all those who have installed this type of equipmentmost enthusiastic over it. NEW SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR DANBURY. The car illustrated is one of the semi-convertibles whichthe J. G. Brill Company shipped in September to the Dan-bury & Bethel Street Railway Company, Danbury, Conn.More cars of this type than any other are built by thiscompany, the majority of them being of the size of the one
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Semi-Convertible Car for Danbury, Conn. installed. This method of suspension is finding such favoron the single phase roads that its use is contemplated fordirect current equipments. Strain insulators and other linematerial are on exhibit, as is also the substation meter equip-ment required. The pantagraph trolley is shown set up on the floor con-nected to a compressed air supply so that the trolley may beraised or lowered exactly as in the complete equipment, by theair supply*. The trolley is arranged so that the shoe comes incontact with a trolley wire. There is shown also direct cur-rent line material, as well as the control used in the cars.Full repair parts for the direct current motors are also in-cluded. One portion of the exhibit contains the complete unitswitch control used in the control of electric trains operatedeither by alternating or direct current. This is set up andconnected for operation so that the various actions and opera-tions which occur as the motorman moves th