. The Street railway journal . 134 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 4. two 60-cycle, 2200-volt, two-phase, revolving field Allis-Chal-nicrs generators with a 22^-km, 125-volt, from the engine shaft by a Renold silent chain. Theother set consists of a Buckeye simple 13-in. x i8-in. engineand -a 125-kw Allis-Chalmers generator of the same type as. THE LAS VEGAS SWITCHBOARD, ONE SECTION CONTROLLINGCIRCUITS, AND THE OTHER IHE ONE AND TWO- PHASE the other, operating at 225 r. p. m. and having a 12-kw exciterdirect-connected to the engine shaft. For street railway
. The Street railway journal . 134 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 4. two 60-cycle, 2200-volt, two-phase, revolving field Allis-Chal-nicrs generators with a 22^-km, 125-volt, from the engine shaft by a Renold silent chain. Theother set consists of a Buckeye simple 13-in. x i8-in. engineand -a 125-kw Allis-Chalmers generator of the same type as. THE LAS VEGAS SWITCHBOARD, ONE SECTION CONTROLLINGCIRCUITS, AND THE OTHER IHE ONE AND TWO- PHASE the other, operating at 225 r. p. m. and having a 12-kw exciterdirect-connected to the engine shaft. For street railway service there is one Filer & Stowellheavy-duty, simple Corliss engine, size 24 ins. x 42 ins., oper-ating at 100 r. p. m. in connection with a 400-kw, 550-volt, Westinghouse d. c. generator, and also one 20-in. X 27-in. Buckeye engine operating at a speed of 200 r. p. the board was furnished and erected by the Frank AdamElectric Company, St. Louis, Mo. The light and powerpanel is arranged to control two-phase generators for single-phase distribution, there being four single-phase circuit is connected with a hand regulator controlling through a range of 15per cent the light oper-ated independently oneach circuit. The com-pany furnishes a twenty-four-hour service. Allcables connecting theswitchboard with thegenerators are insulatedwith rubber a
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