. Electric railway journal . n the above manner to keep out the snow andwater during the winter season. This canvas was sup-posed to be removed from all motors when the warmweather set in, but apparently this frame was missed,and this carelessness on the part of the carhouse menwas responsible for the roasted armatures. This incident helped to drive home a very importantpoint regarding the keeping of records on armaturefailures, as it was suggested that if such informationhad been available on this property the cause of thetrouble might readily have been run down by tyingup all armature failur
. Electric railway journal . n the above manner to keep out the snow andwater during the winter season. This canvas was sup-posed to be removed from all motors when the warmweather set in, but apparently this frame was missed,and this carelessness on the part of the carhouse menwas responsible for the roasted armatures. This incident helped to drive home a very importantpoint regarding the keeping of records on armaturefailures, as it was suggested that if such informationhad been available on this property the cause of thetrouble might readily have been run down by tyingup all armature failures to a particular motor frame inposition No. 2 on a definite car. New Locomotives in Service on PacificElectric Railway THE Pacific Electric Railway has recently purchasedfrom the Westinghouse Electric & ManufacturingCompany two 1,000-hp. locomotives to be used in itsinterurban freight service. The volume of this traffichas been steadily increasing, especially on the heavyhauls from Los Angeles harbor to the city of Los. NEW INTERURBAN FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE ON THEPACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY Angeles, and these two locomotives, together with thefifteen original ones, were needed to handle the traffic. The new locomotives, weighing about 129,000 lb., are3,000 lb. heavier, although similar in class to thosealready in use. They are of the steeple double-trucktype, having four 250-hp. motors. The principal improvement is the use of two aircompressors having a combined capacity of 150 air per minute, compared with a total capacity of CHARACTERISTIC DATA FOR LOCOMOTIVES Maximum tractive effort 30,000 lb. Normal tractive effort at 18 21,000 lb. Continuous tractive effort with forced venti-lation 11,520 lb. Maximum trailing- load 1,200 tons Average trailing load 600 tons Maximum speed on level with 600-ton load. 25 Maximum speed on 4 per cent grade with 600-ton load 10 100 per minute of the compressors on the olderlocomotives. The improved and larger compre
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