. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . erican engineers will find pride in watching thegrowth under most favorable auspices of an institutionwhich conserves and in a sense glorifies the achievementsof their profession. 100-Ton Oil-Electric Switching Locomotive of the Long Island Railroad Over 100 prominent railway officers, engineers andrailway supply men on the invitation of George LeBoutil-lier, vice-president of the Long Island Railroad Co., at-tended on Tuesday, December 22, the first public demon-stration of the new 100-ton o
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . erican engineers will find pride in watching thegrowth under most favorable auspices of an institutionwhich conserves and in a sense glorifies the achievementsof their profession. 100-Ton Oil-Electric Switching Locomotive of the Long Island Railroad Over 100 prominent railway officers, engineers andrailway supply men on the invitation of George LeBoutil-lier, vice-president of the Long Island Railroad Co., at-tended on Tuesday, December 22, the first public demon-stration of the new 100-ton oil-electric locomotive, whichis being used in switching service on that road. This locomotive was described in some detail in the land industrial plants during the last few years, and itsadvent into the railroad field promises, according to engi-neering authorities, to mark a new milestone in the his-tory of American transportation. Regulation of the speed and tractive force delivered isillustrated by the speed tractive force curve shown on theaccompanying chart. Referring to this chart it will be. 100-Ton Oil-Electric Switching Locomotive in Service on the Long Island Railroad November, 1925, issue of Railway and Locvniotivc Engi-neering. A special train with the guests of the railroad occupyingfour parlor cars made the special demonstration trip inthe metropolitan freight district where it is proposed tosubstitute this new type of engine for steam one demonstrated was the first 100-ton oil-electricengine ever built or bought for an American railroad. Itis the joint product of the General Electrical Company,IngersoU-Rand Company and the American Locomoti\e noted that the locomotive develops a tractive force of60,OCO lbs. at 30 per cent, the factor of adhesion main-tained to approximately one mile per hour. At ten milesper hour the locomotive develops a tractive force of15,000 air brake equipment consists of the Westinghouse,
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