. The Street railway journal . alternatingand the 600-volt direct-current cab of the locomotive serves to en-close the auxiliary apparatus, and is con-structed entirely of steel. The locomotiveweighs 49 tons and its length over bump-ers is 29 ft. It has two swivel ttucks with38-in. driving wheels, and two motors aremounted on each truck and are geared tothe axles. Both straight and automaticair brakes are used, the compressed air forwhich is supplied by two Westinghouse Air Brake Companyscompressors, each driven by a 5-hp single-phase motor. The motors are arranged in two groups,
. The Street railway journal . alternatingand the 600-volt direct-current cab of the locomotive serves to en-close the auxiliary apparatus, and is con-structed entirely of steel. The locomotiveweighs 49 tons and its length over bump-ers is 29 ft. It has two swivel ttucks with38-in. driving wheels, and two motors aremounted on each truck and are geared tothe axles. Both straight and automaticair brakes are used, the compressed air forwhich is supplied by two Westinghouse Air Brake Companyscompressors, each driven by a 5-hp single-phase motor. The motors are arranged in two groups, each group con- trolley and the transformers, which operates on either over-load or no-voltage by breaking the current supply to the con-trol magnets, thus automatically opening all the circuit breaker must always be closed by hand, and itwill not stay closed unless the trolley is up and current is onthe line. When the circuit breaker is thrown in the circuit iscompleted through the auto-transformers to ground. A.
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