. The Street railway journal . ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE AT HOBOKEN This locomotive resembles in appearance the B. & O. electriclocomotive and its dimensions are as follows: Length over all 29 ft. Width over all 8 ft. Heighthover trolley stand 13 ft. Wheel base 5 ft. 6 in. Truck centers 12 ft. 9 in. Total weight all on drivers. 57,000 lbs. Drawbar pull 10,000 It is mounted on two four wheeled trucks, each axle carrying aGeneral Electric 2000 motor rated at 135 h. p. giving the locomotivesa total of 540 rated h. p. As it is operated in open streets its speedis 8 miles an hour, when hauling a heavy lo
. The Street railway journal . ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE AT HOBOKEN This locomotive resembles in appearance the B. & O. electriclocomotive and its dimensions are as follows: Length over all 29 ft. Width over all 8 ft. Heighthover trolley stand 13 ft. Wheel base 5 ft. 6 in. Truck centers 12 ft. 9 in. Total weight all on drivers. 57,000 lbs. Drawbar pull 10,000 It is mounted on two four wheeled trucks, each axle carrying aGeneral Electric 2000 motor rated at 135 h. p. giving the locomotivesa total of 540 rated h. p. As it is operated in open streets its speedis 8 miles an hour, when hauling a heavy load. The motion of the INTERIOR OF LOCOMOTIVE CAB strung between octagonal cedar poles, set on each side of the two places a system of overhead bracket construction is em-ployed. Each end of the locomotive has an automatic coupler and asmall railed platform for the brakeman in charge of the trolley cab is of iron and resembles closely a double cab, such as isused on American locomotives, with a sloping tend
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