. The Street railway journal . imits. THE WANNSEE ROAD This interesting railway has also been described in theStreet Railway Journal of August, 1899, but itcomeswithin the scope of this article, and in order to makethe record complete its main features must be road is owned by the State of Prussia and was for-merly operated entirely by steam. It extends from Berlin 692 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 23. to Wannsee, a distance of about 12 km, and is a part of theBerlin-Potsdam railway, the latter place being the resi-dence of the Emperor. Siemens & Halske obtained permis-s
. The Street railway journal . imits. THE WANNSEE ROAD This interesting railway has also been described in theStreet Railway Journal of August, 1899, but itcomeswithin the scope of this article, and in order to makethe record complete its main features must be road is owned by the State of Prussia and was for-merly operated entirely by steam. It extends from Berlin 692 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 23. to Wannsee, a distance of about 12 km, and is a part of theBerlin-Potsdam railway, the latter place being the resi-dence of the Emperor. Siemens & Halske obtained permis-sion a few years ago to equip one train on the road withelectric power, and it has been in satisfactory operationever since. It consists of ten cars, weighing without a load193 tons and loaded 210 tons. The first and last cars aremotor cars. Each motor car has three axles, so that there tons. The distances and running time between stationsare as follows: km Running time, y/2 min. aYz 4 4 2 74 4A 20K. THREE-PHASE LOCOMOTIVE, BURGDORF-THUN RAILWAYSTANSSTAD-ENGELBERG THREE-PHASE LOCOMOTIVELOCOMOTIVE, JUNGFRAU RAILWAY are a total of six motors, which are mounted directly onthe axle without gears and have a maximum capacity ofabout 125 hp each. The maximum speed is 55 km per acceleration at the start up to 40 km is .18 m per sec-ond. One motor car is equipped with a steam boiler forheating the train; that car weighs 33 tons, the other 30 TRUCK OF THE GORNERGRAT LOCOMOTIVELOCOMOTIVE, BURGDORF-THUN RAILWAYSTANSSTAD-ENGELBERG ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE The maximum current consumption of the train is 1200amps. A motor, with its axle and wheels, weighs 3000 the start both motor cars work in series, but as soon asa speed of 40 km is reached the rear motor car is cut out ofthe circuit. A third rail is used. The installation is in con-stant operation. June 7, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 693 SWITZERLAND It is unfortunate that the Swiss authorities require s
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