. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . .-r engnie-mile. Extra men must be em-ployed to keep the fires on the locomo-tives in the yards burning to insure theirprompt use, while the electric draws nopower except in actual operation, andcan be started on a moments notice. En-gineers of steam locomotives are takingover the electric locomotives after a fewdays instruction, and proving very effi-cient, thus eliminating the necessity in new men. The electric loco-motive has established very low main-tenance costs, and with it
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . .-r engnie-mile. Extra men must be em-ployed to keep the fires on the locomo-tives in the yards burning to insure theirprompt use, while the electric draws nopower except in actual operation, andcan be started on a moments notice. En-gineers of steam locomotives are takingover the electric locomotives after a fewdays instruction, and proving very effi-cient, thus eliminating the necessity in new men. The electric loco-motive has established very low main-tenance costs, and with its reliability andriexibility in meeting all kinds of servicehas greatly reduced operating expenses. Many claims are made against the rail-road company for damages, resulting from;ires caused by the sparks from the steamlocomotives. Claims are made for acci-dents to passengers through the suddenstarting and stopping of trains. The elec-tric locomotive tends to eliminate both ofthese claims, and hence decreases the dam-age suits. The chance of danger signalsbeing passed is greatly reduced, since the. SCENE AFTER ELECTRIFICATION WITHPERMITTING THE USE OF REV cost of starting and stopping heavy trainsis greatly reduced. .A marked economy effected by the elec-tric locomotive is the reduction in train-men and enginemen expense, due to theincreased tin-miles per train-mile, and
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