. Electric railway gazette . Lineff; System. in which is laid a strip of copper attached to thebottom of which Is a strip of iron, and this com-posite strip is connected with the source of the car, placed longitudinally with the track,is a magnet having a wheel at each end. Whenthe magnet is energized the composite strip isattracted up against the rail and naturally connectsthat section of the rail with the dynamo; and soas the car moves along the magnet pulls up thestrip and connects each successive section of thecontact rail with the source of supply, and thus Van Depoele Magneti
. Electric railway gazette . Lineff; System. in which is laid a strip of copper attached to thebottom of which Is a strip of iron, and this com-posite strip is connected with the source of the car, placed longitudinally with the track,is a magnet having a wheel at each end. Whenthe magnet is energized the composite strip isattracted up against the rail and naturally connectsthat section of the rail with the dynamo; and soas the car moves along the magnet pulls up thestrip and connects each successive section of thecontact rail with the source of supply, and thus Van Depoele Magnetic Surface Contact System. consist of a band of iron, as you see, and upon thecar is mounted a magnet, the difference being thatthis magnet is placed transversely instead of longi-tudinally to the track. The band is pulled upagainst the rail by the magnet which forms themagnetic switching device, and also against a cen-tral contact which forms the sectional we have a system devised by Messrs. Mc-Elroy, Nicholson
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