. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ESPECIALLY PREPAREDFOR THE ENGINEER WORKS EQUALLY WELL ON HOT and COLD SURFACES CLEANSPOLISHES andPRESERVESALL KINDSOF METALS GEO. WM. HOFFMAN CO. IndianapolisNew York Chicago San Francisco Send for FREE Sample. The Norwalk Iron Works Co. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Makers of Air and Gas Compressors For All Purpose* 5«n -/ for Catalog Rsll^Xwe Engineering A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances Vol. XXVIII. 114 Liberty Street, New York, June, 1915. No. 6 Electrification of
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ESPECIALLY PREPAREDFOR THE ENGINEER WORKS EQUALLY WELL ON HOT and COLD SURFACES CLEANSPOLISHES andPRESERVESALL KINDSOF METALS GEO. WM. HOFFMAN CO. IndianapolisNew York Chicago San Francisco Send for FREE Sample. The Norwalk Iron Works Co. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Makers of Air and Gas Compressors For All Purpose* 5«n -/ for Catalog Rsll^Xwe Engineering A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances Vol. XXVIII. 114 Liberty Street, New York, June, 1915. No. 6 Electrification of the Elkhorn Grade, Bluefield,Norfolk & Western Railway Another important addition to the elec-trification of American railroads in con-gested traffic districts has jnst been com-pleted and is now in active portion of the Norfolk & Westernrailway known as the Elkhorn Grade, islocated on the main line in the southernpart of West Virginia, about 105 mileswest of Roanoke, and extends from Blue-field to Vivian, a distance of about 30miles. This section is double track per cent, for miles, and finally up per cent, grade for three miles intoIduefield, the easterly end of the 60 per cent, of the line is on curves,the maximum being about 12 degrees. The electrifica
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