. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . fiG. 3.—Electric Locomotive Car and Train. Van Depoele, Minneapolis, 1883. There were two cars, each equipped with a , 250-volt, direct-current motor. The overhead trolley wires were 10 inches apart, andtwo pairs of over-running trolley wheels were held by springs in lateralcontact with each wire, the trolley w^heels being mounted on a singlecarriage, and connected with the motors by means of flexible creditors received 8 cents on a
. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . fiG. 3.—Electric Locomotive Car and Train. Van Depoele, Minneapolis, 1883. There were two cars, each equipped with a , 250-volt, direct-current motor. The overhead trolley wires were 10 inches apart, andtwo pairs of over-running trolley wheels were held by springs in lateralcontact with each wire, the trolley w^heels being mounted on a singlecarriage, and connected with the motors by means of flexible creditors received 8 cents on a dollar. Elec. World, Oct. 20, 1910,p. 934. In 188G, Van Depoele, working at Minneapolis for the Minneapolis,Lyndale and Minnetonka Railv/ay, which had been obliged to discontinuethe use of steam locomotives in the business portions of the city, equippedan electric locomotive car for hauling trains. 6 ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAILWAY TRAINS. Fig. 4.—Standard Street Car and Motive Power, 1870-1890.
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