. Electric railways, theoretically and practically treated . regulating devices may therefore be operated simultane-ously from any controller on the train. Each motor car is TYPES OF CONTROL AND THEIR OPERATION. lO/ provided with contact shoes or trolley admitting current tothe motors through the resistances, when the proper com-binations of regulating devices are made. Such a system, asdeveloped by the General Electric Co., is illustrated in It is termed the Sprague General Electric Type Mcontrol system. It consists of a combination of motor rheo-. Fig. 66.—CONTACTOR, TYPE M CONTROL.
. Electric railways, theoretically and practically treated . regulating devices may therefore be operated simultane-ously from any controller on the train. Each motor car is TYPES OF CONTROL AND THEIR OPERATION. lO/ provided with contact shoes or trolley admitting current tothe motors through the resistances, when the proper com-binations of regulating devices are made. Such a system, asdeveloped by the General Electric Co., is illustrated in It is termed the Sprague General Electric Type Mcontrol system. It consists of a combination of motor rheo-. Fig. 66.—CONTACTOR, TYPE M CONTROL. Stats, contactors, reverser, controller train line, and auxiliaryapparatus, which are described in the following manner: SPRAGUE G. E. TYPE M CONTROL. Contactor. — The contactor (Fig. 66), type M controlsystem, consists of a magnet energized by a small line io8 ELECTI^IC RAILWAYS. current passing through the controller and the control cir-cuit rheostats. When energized the contactor attracts a /y;>i\<!!■rr,>!i■,>,.■Jkt■>|^^ry^<•■!!■^,\■,^^ln,■<■4:-i.•-i 0 rTf=m^mwF^ c.
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