. The Street railway journal . switchboard is provided with ten feederpanels, eight of which are now occupied. At the right of theswitchboard is shown the storage-battery equipment for sup-plying current for operating the oil switches, and motors forvarious auxiliary uses. All of the apparatus used in the sub-station, including rotaries, transformers and switching ap-paratus, was furnished by the General Electric Company. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 24. THE J400-VOLT DIRECT-CURRENT RAILWAY BETWEENTABOR AND BECHYNE, BOHEMIA During the discussion on electric traction at the Vienna co
. The Street railway journal . switchboard is provided with ten feederpanels, eight of which are now occupied. At the right of theswitchboard is shown the storage-battery equipment for sup-plying current for operating the oil switches, and motors forvarious auxiliary uses. All of the apparatus used in the sub-station, including rotaries, transformers and switching ap-paratus, was furnished by the General Electric Company. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 24. THE J400-VOLT DIRECT-CURRENT RAILWAY BETWEENTABOR AND BECHYNE, BOHEMIA During the discussion on electric traction at the Vienna con-vention of the International Street Railway Association, , of Prague, referred to a 1400-volt d. c. three-wire rail-way recently built by him between Bechyne, Bohemia, a famouswatering place, and Tabor. As the system of electrical dis-tribution employed differs widely from that used on any Amer-ican railway, it has been thought that some particulars of itwould prove of interest. The line, which is 24 km ( miles). DIAGRAM OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM long, was opened for regular traffic on June 22, 1903, and atpresent eight trains are run every day., The road construction closely follows the topography of thecountry, hence fills and cuts are rare. The steepest grade per cent. The only special construction required was thebuilding of a 174-m (571-ft.) bridge across the Luznice Riverand its valley. The track consists of rails weighing kgper meter ( lbs. per yard), laid in 9-m () lengths,on pine ties spaced 1 m ( ins.) apart. All of the electrical equipment for the cars and power housewas furnished by the Fr. Krizik Company, of Prague. Localconditions required the generating plant to be located near theTabor terminus, over 16 miles from Bechyne. Direct-currentdistribution at 750 volts, therefore, was not considered advis-
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