. The Street railway journal . 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 STR
. The Street railway journal . 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. CROSSING STEAM RAILROAD BELOW GRADE per hour. Each of these cars will be equipped with 125 hpmotors, with type M control. Ar other moderate extension of about 5 miles would carrythe new Ballston line on up to Saratoga Springs, and this wouldafford rapid electric transit between that city and Schenectady,Albany and Troy. ♦♦♦ NEW SYSTEM OF CHECKING CAR SERVICE FOR DELAYS -BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY The operating department of the Brooklyn Rapid TransitCompany has recently placed in commission a very completeand effective system of reporting car service, with specialreference to the tracing of irregularities of headway. Thissystem is the outgrowth of a series of experiments that havefor some time been under way with the view of perfecting theservice on all lines. In a recent issue of the Street RailwayJournal reference was made to the first step in this direction,in the adoption of a novel method of systematically reportingthe service on the various lines by registering the tim
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