. Electrical world. York-shire Railway. It is fitted with quick-acting valves, but is pro-vided with an electrical exhauster in place of the steam ejector onthe locomotive. The service will start with a 10 minutes headway in both direc-tions between Liverpool and Hall Road, and every second trainwill run through to Southport. In addition an hourly express willrun in each direction between Liverpool and Southport, and atcertain times the trains arriving at Southport from Liverpool willgo on to Crossens. The accommodation trains between Liverpooland Hall Road and those between Liverpool and Sout
. Electrical world. York-shire Railway. It is fitted with quick-acting valves, but is pro-vided with an electrical exhauster in place of the steam ejector onthe locomotive. The service will start with a 10 minutes headway in both direc-tions between Liverpool and Hall Road, and every second trainwill run through to Southport. In addition an hourly express willrun in each direction between Liverpool and Southport, and atcertain times the trains arriving at Southport from Liverpool willgo on to Crossens. The accommodation trains between Liverpooland Hall Road and those between Liverpool and Southport will berun in less time than at present, but it is not intended that theexpresses to Southport shall do the journey in less time than thefastest steam trains now running. The whole of the work with the exception of the rolling stock,which is being made at the Horwich and Newton Heath Works ofthe railway company, is being carried out by Dick, Kerr & Com-Ltd., of London and Preston, who are now completing at. FIG. 2.—ELECTRIC TRAIN ON LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. They are 60 feetlong and 10 feet wide, being the widest cars in Great Britain. Thiswidth was adopted because it was found before any operationswere begun that it was possible on the Southport line, as distin-guished from other parts of the main line, to have wider stock,some slight alterations to the track and some trifling ones to theplatforms along this length alone being necessary. The carriageshave center aisles throughout, with vestibules to allow passagefrom one carriage to the next, this arrangement being borrowed fromAmerican practice. The motor cars are at the ends of the train, and are the third-class cars, and, as previously described, are equipped with two their Preston works the main and auxiliary generators, the sub-station equipment, the control equipments of the trains and therest of the electrical plant. Automobile School. The Boston Y. M. C. A. inaugurated an automobile school lastfall. The c
Size: 2807px × 890px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectelectri, bookyear1883
