. The Street railway journal . CROSS SECTION OF POWER STATION. Street MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF AURORA, ELGIN & CHICAGO RAILWAY The road is to use the third rail, except in the towns of cities. The conductivity afforded by this 100-lb. section ofElgin and Aurora, where it does not run over a private T-rail will be sufficient so that no copper direct-currentright of way. The third rail is to be 100 lbs. to the yard, feeders will be necessary. The power is to be transmitted 146 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 5. in the country, and 50 ft. to 60 ft. in the towns throughwhich the road
. The Street railway journal . CROSS SECTION OF POWER STATION. Street MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF AURORA, ELGIN & CHICAGO RAILWAY The road is to use the third rail, except in the towns of cities. The conductivity afforded by this 100-lb. section ofElgin and Aurora, where it does not run over a private T-rail will be sufficient so that no copper direct-currentright of way. The third rail is to be 100 lbs. to the yard, feeders will be necessary. The power is to be transmitted 146 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 5. in the country, and 50 ft. to 60 ft. in the towns throughwhich the road passes. The cars are being built by the Kuhlman Company, ofCleveland, and the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company,of Niles, Ohio, and will be finished in steam railroad style. A telephone despatching system is to be used, and thesub-stations attendants will receive messages from thedespatcher and deliver them to the train crews. This issimilar to the system used on the Albany & Hudson Rail-
Size: 2017px × 1239px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectstreetr, bookyear1884
