. The Street railway journal . \LLSTON SPA. { Ballston Sulist: D Ml\ :;J:; Saratoga L. BUILDING CONCRETE PIERS FOR STEEL BRIDGE NEAR SCHENECTADY copper feeder of 500,000 cm runs out onto the railway line to adistance of 30,000 feet and is then connected to the feederthat runs the entire length of the line. At the Dock Street sub-station, which furnishes current forthe railway in Schenectady and parts of the Troy and Albany. Strcul MAP OF THE SCHENECTADY RAILWAY COMPANYS SYSTEM DETAILS OF POLE SETTING AND FITTINGS ft. long, 14 ins. in diameter at the butt and 7l/2 ins. in diameterbelo
. The Street railway journal . \LLSTON SPA. { Ballston Sulist: D Ml\ :;J:; Saratoga L. BUILDING CONCRETE PIERS FOR STEEL BRIDGE NEAR SCHENECTADY copper feeder of 500,000 cm runs out onto the railway line to adistance of 30,000 feet and is then connected to the feederthat runs the entire length of the line. At the Dock Street sub-station, which furnishes current forthe railway in Schenectady and parts of the Troy and Albany. Strcul MAP OF THE SCHENECTADY RAILWAY COMPANYS SYSTEM DETAILS OF POLE SETTING AND FITTINGS ft. long, 14 ins. in diameter at the butt and 7l/2 ins. in diameterbelow the cone at the top. A feature of the pole line is that ironsteps are used, being 2 ft. apart, and the lowest step 7 ft. abovethe tops of rails. branches, as well as for the Ballston line, the capacity inrotary converters is 1800 kw, made up of two machines ratedat 600 kw and two rated at 300 kw each. At the Ballston sub-station the capacity of the rotary converters to be installed at 6g8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 19. present is 900 kw in three machines of 300 kw rating rotary converters at both of the sub-stations named are 40-cycle machines and operate at 600 volts on the direct-currentside. On the Ballston line the new cars will weigh 40 tonseach when loaded and are to have a maximum speed of 50 miles
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