. Electric railway journal . 1— The Baldwin-Westinghouse freight locomotive. 4—The General Electric freight locomotive. 2— End view of same locomotive, showing Continental coupler. 5—Commutator end of motor, Type 267, Form A. 3— High-speed circult-brealver used on the General Electric 6—Armature for GE-267A motor. locomotives. 7—The 120-ton General Electric passenger locomotive. June 11, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 1079 The shipment of these locomotives involves some in-teresting features. Each cab is completely housed inafter being mounted on a heavily framed housing consi
. Electric railway journal . 1— The Baldwin-Westinghouse freight locomotive. 4—The General Electric freight locomotive. 2— End view of same locomotive, showing Continental coupler. 5—Commutator end of motor, Type 267, Form A. 3— High-speed circult-brealver used on the General Electric 6—Armature for GE-267A motor. locomotives. 7—The 120-ton General Electric passenger locomotive. June 11, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 1079 The shipment of these locomotives involves some in-teresting features. Each cab is completely housed inafter being mounted on a heavily framed housing consists of a double lumber sheathinginterlaid with heavy waterproof building paper. Eachtruck complete with its motors and gears mounted in Crosby —- Span messengersupport ~\. DIAGRAMMATIC SKETCH OF DOUBLE-TRACK, CROSS-SPANCATENARY ON TANGENT place is similarly boxed and two additional boxes perlocomotive carry the pantograph trolleys. The truckand pantograph boxes are loaded in the ships hold andthe two cabs are carried on deck, one on either side ofthe main hatch, securely bolted and lashed in unloading and unboxing, it will only be necessaryto set the cab on the trucks, mount the pantographs andconnect up the motor leads and brake connections andthe locomotive will be ready for service. By the timethis article is printed the freight locomotives will prob-ably have been landed in Brazil. The passenger locomo-tives are now approaching completion in the East Pitts-burgh works of the company. The General Electrics Contributionto theTaulista Electrification By W. D. Bearce Railway and Traction Engineering Department, General ElectricCompany, Schenectady, N. Y. THE concluding shipments are being made on the$2,000,000 contract with the International
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