. Electric railway journal . he tunnels arelocated on the most severe grade approaching theSummit. The 3,000-volt, direct-current system was decidedupon as best suited to the conditions. Hydro-electricpower will be generated at the Maitines Station of theChilean Electric Tramway & Light Company, Ltd. Thisstation is already under construction and will utilizethe waters of the Rio Colorado. The station will con-tain three 8,125-kva. generators and will have an ulti-mate capacity of 30,000 kw. This power, which is tobe generated at 50 cycles, three-phase, will be trans-mitted 37 miles to Santiago
. Electric railway journal . he tunnels arelocated on the most severe grade approaching theSummit. The 3,000-volt, direct-current system was decidedupon as best suited to the conditions. Hydro-electricpower will be generated at the Maitines Station of theChilean Electric Tramway & Light Company, Ltd. Thisstation is already under construction and will utilizethe waters of the Rio Colorado. The station will con-tain three 8,125-kva. generators and will have an ulti-mate capacity of 30,000 kw. This power, which is tobe generated at 50 cycles, three-phase, will be trans-mitted 37 miles to Santiago by a twin-circuit, 110,000-volt transmission line. This transmission line will beconnected at Santiago with the system fed by theFlorida hydro-electric station and the Mapocho steamstation, both of which were constructed some years agoby the Germans and were designed for 50-cycle, three-phase power. The total capacity of the three generat-ing systems at present proposed will be, when completed,.approximately 120,000 ce\\pe Transandine Railroad^ {(Harrow gage) Two Steam Locomotives Are Now Required for a Thirteen-CarPassenger Train The power supply will be distributed by five sub-stations designed to handle a train movement that isapproximately 50 per cent greater than that existingin 1917, with a further provision for tripling the 1917traffic demands if necessary. Each station will initiallycontain two 2,000-kw. motor-generator sets, each setconsisting of a 2,800-hp. driving motor and two 1,000-kw., 1,500-volt generators connected in series. Thesesets will be designed to withstand a 200 per cent over-load for five minutes without injury, and as an addi-tional safeguard a flash suppressor will be included. Substations Nos. 1 and 5 will receive power at12,000 volts, while Nos. 2, 3 and 4 will receive power at44,000 volts. Transformers and switching equipmentwill be of the latest design. Developed-power indicat-ing and limiting equipment will be installed. Thirty-nine electr
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