. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . ompound engine, which runs at a speed of. twohundred and fifty revolutions per minute. Thegenerator is a two hundred and twenty-five kilo-watt, five hundred fifty to six hundred volt, eightpole machine, direct-connected to the engine. Thetrack and roadbed con-struction is the same asthat of the single tracksteam roads of that divi-sion of the PennsjdvaniaRailroad. The length ofthis branch is about sevenmiles. The trolley wire isof (Number 00 B. & ) hard drawn coppersuspended between wood- ^^^ ^^■ ^^ ^^^^^ ^°^^-en poles. There is a
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . ompound engine, which runs at a speed of. twohundred and fifty revolutions per minute. Thegenerator is a two hundred and twenty-five kilo-watt, five hundred fifty to six hundred volt, eightpole machine, direct-connected to the engine. Thetrack and roadbed con-struction is the same asthat of the single tracksteam roads of that divi-sion of the PennsjdvaniaRailroad. The length ofthis branch is about sevenmiles. The trolley wire isof (Number 00 B. & ) hard drawn coppersuspended between wood- ^^^ ^^■ ^^ ^^^^^ ^°^^-en poles. There is a continuous trolley wire overthe entire length of the main track. Frogs andswitches are avoided at turn-outs by changing thetrolley wheel from the main trolley wire to aseparate trolley wire suspended parallel to themain wire and about a foot from it. The gener-ator station is located at the Mt. Holly end of theline. Double truck combination baggage andpassenger motor cars are in use. The furnishingsare similar to those of most railroad 492 RAIL WA Y EQ UIPMENT. The total weight of each of these cars equip-ped is fifty-two thousand pounds. Trailers arestandard coaches and weigh forty-two thousandpounds. One motor car is equipped with fourfifty horse-power railway motors; two series-parallel controllers (one on each platform ofcar); two trolleys operating in tandem on the same wire; elec-tric heaters andcomplete air-brake outfit. Thiscar is geared tomake a speed offorty to forty-fivemiles per motor carsare similarlyequipped, exceptthat each has twoone h u n d r e dhorse-power motors,which are geared to give speedsof forty-five to sixty miles per hour has been in use on this road since Beach Branch of the Neiv Yorhj NewHaven & Hartford Baihoad.—This company be-gan the operation of its Nantasket Beach Branchby electricity in 1895. The first installation wasnearly seven miles, which was extended the fol-lowing year
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