. Electric railway review . ck, instead of onemotor on each truck, when the installation is made new. been built upon each side of the locomotive. The interioris painted green and the exterior black, with Brooklyn RapidTransit standard lettering in aluminum. NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE BROOKLYNRAPID TRANSIT COMPANY. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has just completedat its Thirty-ninth street shops an electric locomotive, whichwas built entirely for switching service in South Brooklyn,where the terminal business of the company is showing arapid increase. This locomotive, of which an engr
. Electric railway review . ck, instead of onemotor on each truck, when the installation is made new. been built upon each side of the locomotive. The interioris painted green and the exterior black, with Brooklyn RapidTransit standard lettering in aluminum. NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE BROOKLYNRAPID TRANSIT COMPANY. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has just completedat its Thirty-ninth street shops an electric locomotive, whichwas built entirely for switching service in South Brooklyn,where the terminal business of the company is showing arapid increase. This locomotive, of which an engraving from a photo-graph is presented herewith, is of all-steel construction andwas designed by the mechanical department of the BrooklynRapid Transit Company. The locomotive has a weight of 57tons, which makes it too heavy for use on any of the elevatedstructures, but the switching work on the old steam franchiseroads in South Brooklyn will keep the locomotive well em-ployed. The locomotive will haul 20 loaded standard box. New Electric Locomotive for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. cars or gondolas. The motive power consists of four Westing-house 50-B motors, each of 150 h. p. There are two independ-ent Westinghouse multiple unit control sets, a controller head,and an air controller being located at each end of the loco-motive. It also has a combined straight and automatic airbrake equipment of the Westinghouse E T-type. The body,which as stated is of all-steel construction, is 31 feet longover the buffers and 7 feet 3 inches wide over the distance from the top of the rail to the top of the trolleystand is 13 feet 1 inch and the height inside is 7 feet 10%inches. The floor of the locomotive is framed with 18 heavyiron bars 6 inches wide and 2Yt inches thick, extending thefull length of the body, giving it rigidity. The sides and roofare built of steel bars and angles covered with No. 10 steelsheathing. The roof is further covered with %-inch white-wood and f
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