Electric railway review (1906) (14760825772)

Identifier: electricrailwayr18amer (find matches)
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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ent roomand strength for the alternating-current equipment. Consideration was also given to the possibility and prac-ticability of operation in trains on city streets, there being,however, an unusually small amount of city street operation.Thus, it was decided to provide large cars for through service. Relative to the third character of service, it was decidedthat a smaller car would be most suitable, and geared forslower speed, because with frequent stops the high speed re-quired by the through cars would be impossible to attain. For the operation of the fourth class, box car type loco-motives were decided upon, which motor cars are to act notonly as locomotives for the purpose stated, but also to beloaded with freight or to be used on maintenance work. Because of the different characters of service, includingservice under steam railway conditions and with steam rail-way passenger coaches and freight cars, it was decided thatall cars should have Master Car Builders couplers and auto-
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-wrs^ Washington Baltimore & Annapolis—Exterior of 60-Foot Local Car. the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and at Odenton with thePennsylvania Railroad, and just east of Odenton it crossesthe main line of the Washington Baltimore & Annapolis. Thisline is being electrified and will be operated in connectionwith the main line. Single-phase alternating-current motors will be used. Thetrolley voltage will be 6,600, and the trolley wire sujiported bycatenary suspension. It may be of interest, not only to note some of the reasonsfor the final design of cars, but also to consider some of theplans which were not followed. matic air brakes, even though such coupler makes it imprac-ticable to operate in trains on city streets except by the useof a link, or auxiliary radial coupler. In order to avoid carrying several sizes of repair andmaintenance parts, it was decided to have all trucks identical,and also the motors, the only difference being the number ofmotors per car, the gear ratio