. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. Published Monthly by thePassenger Department of the Ealtlmore & Ohio Railroad. Vol. V BALTIMORE, JULY, 1902. No. 10. THE ELECTRICAL THIRD RAIL SYSTEM IN USE ON THEBALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. BY W. D. YOUNG, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. ON August 4 the Baltimore & Ohio In the early part of the year 1892, as Railroad will turn its seventh annual the worlds greatest dirt tunnel was nearing milestone in the history of electric- completion, and which was to act as a ally operated freight and passenger trains, substitute in transpo
. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. Published Monthly by thePassenger Department of the Ealtlmore & Ohio Railroad. Vol. V BALTIMORE, JULY, 1902. No. 10. THE ELECTRICAL THIRD RAIL SYSTEM IN USE ON THEBALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. BY W. D. YOUNG, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. ON August 4 the Baltimore & Ohio In the early part of the year 1892, as Railroad will turn its seventh annual the worlds greatest dirt tunnel was nearing milestone in the history of electric- completion, and which was to act as a ally operated freight and passenger trains, substitute in transporting trains underneath over a section of a regular division (the Baltimore in preference to the method then. THE CONDUCTING SHOE WHICH CONVEYS THE CURRENT FROM THE THIUIl RAIL TO THE ELErrmo locomotive, each locomotive has fouu—one on eath cohxeh. Philadelphia), of unusually heavy traffic, atBaltimore. It may be of interest to reiterate whathas been done and to write, for the infor-mation of those interested, that page stillunwritten and which is most important,when considered from a point of electricalprogress and advancement. in vogue, of transferring them by means ofsteam ferries across a branch of the Chesa-peake Bay, the officials of the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad began to formulate in theirminds definite ideas as to how they mightbest handle their trains over the new sec-tion to be opened. In May, of that year, a contract was THE ELECTRICAL THIRD RAIL SYSTEM ON B. &■ 0. R. R.
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