. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nd line; setting, s-in. lead. A New Train Lighter furnishing electric lighting on trainsit has become customary to place a light-ing set in the front end of the baggagecar, where a flexible hose from the loco-motive can furnish the required fill a need in this direction the TerrySteam Turbine Hartford, Conn., hasdeveloped and has just put into service a 2i k. \\ non-condensing turbo-generatorset which has been verj successful in thiswork. The turbine and generator, con-1
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nd line; setting, s-in. lead. A New Train Lighter furnishing electric lighting on trainsit has become customary to place a light-ing set in the front end of the baggagecar, where a flexible hose from the loco-motive can furnish the required fill a need in this direction the TerrySteam Turbine Hartford, Conn., hasdeveloped and has just put into service a 2i k. \\ non-condensing turbo-generatorset which has been verj successful in thiswork. The turbine and generator, con-1 h\ flexible shaft, are mounted on acommon base with all moving parts soguarded that there is little possibility ofdanger to passersbj Thi set weighs only 3,400 pounds, and running at 3,(KID i e\ obi Thousands of people make long toursannually to enjoy the fine mountain scen-ery of Switzerland and Scotland whomight witness scenery equally picturesqueand alluring in the mountains overlookingMaueh Chunk. Pilgrimages to theseregions are becoming more numerousevery year, and we believe the district is. ELECTRIC TRAIN LIGHTER SET. tions per minute give- ( in rent at 125 \oltsBecause of the rocking motion of thecar, forced feed lubrication is used, thusgiving a positive flooding of the journalsand maintaining the best efficiency. Anemergency governor provides completecontrol of the speed and voltage. Thefull power of the machine may be ob-tained in less than a minute under con-ditions which would wreck other types ofapparatus. It is this capacity for heavywork, and really for abuse, which hasearned for this turbine its present repu-tation for continuous and most effectiveservice. destined to become the pleasure groundof the Eastern States. Picturesque Pennsylvania. The oldest inclined plane in the worldused for the transportation of passengersand freight is the Mount Pisgah gravityrailroad near Mauch Chunk, Pa. This inclined plane which ascendsMounts Pisgah and Jefferson is now ascen
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