. Railway Times . Diagram ThomasSystem. Transmission a 242) through to the propeller shaft. The second electrical macliinc(connected up as a shunt machine) is used, when running ontop speed, to charge a set of lighting cells, which are againused through the medium of the same machine to start the tioii. per minute. They weigh ;ii>]>roximately 125 cwts. each,and were especially designed for the particular work. Theoperating parts are so arranged thai the main electric circuit isnever broken. The various operations performed by the con-troller are follows : Starting the eiigine from th
. Railway Times . Diagram ThomasSystem. Transmission a 242) through to the propeller shaft. The second electrical macliinc(connected up as a shunt machine) is used, when running ontop speed, to charge a set of lighting cells, which are againused through the medium of the same machine to start the tioii. per minute. They weigh ;ii>]>roximately 125 cwts. each,and were especially designed for the particular work. Theoperating parts are so arranged thai the main electric circuit isnever broken. The various operations performed by the con-troller are follows : Starting the eiigine from the battery ofaccumulators, propelling the vehicle in either direction at anys-i)eed from zero to top-speed, charging the accumulators ;it lop-,s]K>ed, pre/pelling the vehicle from the accumulators only,and the application of the electrical brake when the vehicle is. , SB-S Lenffth of Undcrframe -~24-6 Ctitlres or Bcgt: Length oyer Boor Ends.— Y-^^ c^Bf* ^-0^^. —I 1 11 iiu ill ■ 11 \,
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