. Electric railway review . Indianapolis & Louisville 1,200-Volt Railway—Type of Combination Passenger Car. about the center of the route. The feeding pressure at thepower station is 1,200 volts between the single No. 0000grooved trolley and the rails. The satisfactory operation ofthe road during the past month has shown that on the score hanger having a %-inch stud. A 2-inch Premier strain in-sulator is bolted on each side of the hanger to connect withthe steel strand supporting cable. The trolley wire is supplemented by direct-current feeders^. Indianapolis & Louisville 1,200-Volt Railway—Po
. Electric railway review . Indianapolis & Louisville 1,200-Volt Railway—Type of Combination Passenger Car. about the center of the route. The feeding pressure at thepower station is 1,200 volts between the single No. 0000grooved trolley and the rails. The satisfactory operation ofthe road during the past month has shown that on the score hanger having a %-inch stud. A 2-inch Premier strain in-sulator is bolted on each side of the hanger to connect withthe steel strand supporting cable. The trolley wire is supplemented by direct-current feeders^. Indianapolis & Louisville 1,200-Volt Railway—Power Station and Storage Reservoir, Scottsburg. of maintaining accurate schedules the distribution of currentfor a 40-mile line is perfectly feasible with 1,200 volts pres-sure. The absence of high-tension wiring and the nowfamiliar interurban substations is quite noticeable. As shown by the accompanying illustrations, the over-head construction is of an especially permanent type. The extending 17 miles each way from the power house. Thisadditional copper comprises 10 miles of 500,000, 20 miles of300,000 and 4 miles of 211,000 circular mil. The supplementaryfeeder, together with the pair of telephone wires, is carried on4-pin crossarms at the top of the trolley poles. At all cross-ings and at intervals of one-half mile the telephone circuit November 30, 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 855 is brought down to the level of the motormans cab andmeans provided for connection with the dispatcher by Limajacli boxes mounted on poles painted wh
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