. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . Fig. 105.—Pennsylvania Railroad. Running Gear op two motors are mounted on the truck frames. Cranks are necessary, with the great length of the armature shaft fixed distance between the center line of the jackshaft and the motoris 7 feet 2 inches. The jackshaft cranks connect to cranks on the driversby means of 6-foot side rods. The cranks are in quartered positions,and counterbalanced. Connecting side rods, which run from the
. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . Fig. 105.—Pennsylvania Railroad. Running Gear op two motors are mounted on the truck frames. Cranks are necessary, with the great length of the armature shaft fixed distance between the center line of the jackshaft and the motoris 7 feet 2 inches. The jackshaft cranks connect to cranks on the driversby means of 6-foot side rods. The cranks are in quartered positions,and counterbalanced. Connecting side rods, which run from the crankto the two drivers, have the adjustable heads employed on the Penn-sylvania class E-3 steam locomotive. Trucks are two, of the articulated type. Truck wheel bases are G feet7 inches; rigid driver wheel bases, 7 feet 2 inches; wheel base of each half, 326 ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAILWAY TRAINS 23 feet 1 inch; total wheel base, 55 feet 11 inches. Locomotive length overall is 65 feet. The center of gravity is 64 inches above the rail. Frames are of cast steel and of sufficient strength to allow the engineto be raised by jacks applied at
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