. Electric railway journal . strated that they fulfillthe requirements of steamroads for supplementaryservice and have gainedlasting popularity with the traveling public. Twenty-four gas-electric carshave been sold to, or placed in service, during thepast year on such representative roads as the PereMarquette; Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis; New Or-leans Great Northern; Midland Valley; Great North-ern; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Atchison, To-peka & Santa Fe; Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester& Dubuque (Dan Patch); Electric Short Line, andSt. Louis & Southwestern Railway Co. Continued o n Page 4
. Electric railway journal . strated that they fulfillthe requirements of steamroads for supplementaryservice and have gainedlasting popularity with the traveling public. Twenty-four gas-electric carshave been sold to, or placed in service, during thepast year on such representative roads as the PereMarquette; Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis; New Or-leans Great Northern; Midland Valley; Great North-ern; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Atchison, To-peka & Santa Fe; Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester& Dubuque (Dan Patch); Electric Short Line, andSt. Louis & Southwestern Railway Co. Continued o n Page 49 January 3, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL Continued from Page 48 GAS - ELECTRIC LO-COMOTIVE. — The firstgas - electric locomotiveever built is a product ofthe General Electric Com-pany and was brought outthis year. The Minneapo-lis, St. Paul, Rochester &Dubuque Electric TractionCo., known as the DanPatch line, has been operating a heavy passengerbusiness from Minneapolis to Northfield, Minn., for. several years entirely by gas-electric cars. Thiswith the freight traffic has grown so heavy that a57-ton gas-electric locomotive was purchased forauxiliary equipment. This locomotive has attainedin service a speed of 51 mph., running light, and45 mph. with a five-car train. The power equip-ment consists of duplicate units, run in parallel,each similar to the standard set used in gas-electricmotor cars. Four 100-hp., 600-volt, commutating-pole railway motors are mounted on the axles of thetrucks, driving direct through gear reduction.
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