. The Street railway journal . railway sub-station isinstalled at Speicher, wherethe current is transformedto direct current at 800 apparatus includes threetransformers of 150 k\veach, from 10,000 volts to2000 volts. ■ Two of thesetransformers are used forrailway service, and theother is for the lighting sys-tem of Speicher and direct current is sup-plied by two motor-genera-tor groups, each consistingof a 150-hp induction motordirect coupled to a 105-kw,800-volt, d. c. generators work in parallel with a storage battery composed oi 400 cells with aca
. The Street railway journal . railway sub-station isinstalled at Speicher, wherethe current is transformedto direct current at 800 apparatus includes threetransformers of 150 k\veach, from 10,000 volts to2000 volts. ■ Two of thesetransformers are used forrailway service, and theother is for the lighting sys-tem of Speicher and direct current is sup-plied by two motor-genera-tor groups, each consistingof a 150-hp induction motordirect coupled to a 105-kw,800-volt, d. c. generators work in parallel with a storage battery composed oi 400 cells with acapacity of 198 at the one-hour discharge rate. Forcharging these batteries the cells are arranged in two seriesof 200 cells each, and these two halves are connected inparallel For discharge, the halves of the battery are con-nected in series. kw-hours per day, whereas in June it was only 70. The outputper tonne-kilometer during 1904 averaged 162 the summer months the output was less than this aver-. SPEICHER CAR HOUSE OF THE also ry ST. GALL-SPEICHER-TROGEN ELECTRIC RAILWAY, SHOWING PE OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER CARS age, while during the winter months it greater. The in-crease in consumption is largely due to the increase in rollingresistance in winter on account of the snow, and also to theoperation of snow-plows The results show how important itis in installations of this kind to design the power stations largeenough. August 26, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 301 All the electrical material of this line was furnished by theOerlikon Machine Works. The cost of the complete line wasFes. 1,420,000. The financial results of operation are very
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