. The Street railway journal . e the cars is increased enor-mously. THE SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTIONOn the division used in common with thelocal street railway in St. Gall the energy issupplied at 500 volts. Outside of the city, how-ever, 800 volts are used on the trolley voltage is that which is generally used onthe interurban electric railways in Switzer-land. This difference in voltage requires nochange in the motor equipment in passingfrom one section to the other, as the only effectis an increase in speed of the motors. It wasnecessary, however, to install some sort ofautomatic regula
. The Street railway journal . e the cars is increased enor-mously. THE SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTIONOn the division used in common with thelocal street railway in St. Gall the energy issupplied at 500 volts. Outside of the city, how-ever, 800 volts are used on the trolley voltage is that which is generally used onthe interurban electric railways in Switzer-land. This difference in voltage requires nochange in the motor equipment in passingfrom one section to the other, as the only effectis an increase in speed of the motors. It wasnecessary, however, to install some sort ofautomatic regulating device for the this purpose an electromagnet is used in winter. Each train is composed of one double-truck motorcar and one single-truck trail car, which can be used for eitherpassengers or light freight. The company also has severalsingle-truck freight cars. The weight of the train empty tonnes in the first case and tonnes in the second motor car alone weighs empty tonnes. When loaded,.
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