. Railway age . Charles W. Raymond, chairman; tube construction, these brackets are bolted to the flanges of therings; where the roof is concrete, they are fastened to bolts sunk inthe concrete. The rail is supported every 9 ft. A special pantographtrolley is used. This is quite compact, because of limited clearance;it can be compressed so as to be used when the minimum distancebetween the roof of the car and the contact rail is 8 in. It Is similarto that used on the New York Central. On September 24. 1907, thefirst car was run through the north tube, being only two days afterthe workers on th
. Railway age . Charles W. Raymond, chairman; tube construction, these brackets are bolted to the flanges of therings; where the roof is concrete, they are fastened to bolts sunk inthe concrete. The rail is supported every 9 ft. A special pantographtrolley is used. This is quite compact, because of limited clearance;it can be compressed so as to be used when the minimum distancebetween the roof of the car and the contact rail is 8 in. It Is similarto that used on the New York Central. On September 24. 1907, thefirst car was run through the north tube, being only two days afterthe workers on the tunnel proper had finished their work enough toget out of the way. This was the first car to move under ihe Eastriver from Manhattan to Long Island under Its own power. EAST BIVEB EXTENSION OK THE INTERBOBOUGU. Because of limited space, a special design of third rail is usedin this tunnel. It is an Inverted U section and is placed 2C In. fromthe gage line. This distance is criticised because it mav not be far.
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