. Book of the Royal blue . THE CONDUCTING SHOE WHICH CONVEYS THE CURRENT FROM THE THIUIl RAIL TO THE ELErrmo locomotive, each locomotive has fouu—one on eath cohxeh. Philadelphia), of unusually heavy traffic, atBaltimore. It may be of interest to reiterate whathas been done and to write, for the infor-mation of those interested, that page stillunwritten and which is most important,when considered from a point of electricalprogress and advancement. in vogue, of transferring them by means ofsteam ferries across a branch of the Chesa-peake Bay, the officials of the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad began
. Book of the Royal blue . THE CONDUCTING SHOE WHICH CONVEYS THE CURRENT FROM THE THIUIl RAIL TO THE ELErrmo locomotive, each locomotive has fouu—one on eath cohxeh. Philadelphia), of unusually heavy traffic, atBaltimore. It may be of interest to reiterate whathas been done and to write, for the infor-mation of those interested, that page stillunwritten and which is most important,when considered from a point of electricalprogress and advancement. in vogue, of transferring them by means ofsteam ferries across a branch of the Chesa-peake Bay, the officials of the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad began to formulate in theirminds definite ideas as to how they mightbest handle their trains over the new sec-tion to be opened. In May, of that year, a contract was THE ELECTRICAL THIRD RAIL SYSTEM ON B. &■ 0. R. KEAR VIEW OF ELECTKU MOTUK AT CAMDEN STATION. UALTIMORE. SHOWING ONE LONDUCTINli SHOE IN CONTACT WITH THIRD RAIL. THROUGH THE SLOT, closed with the General Electric Companyin which the latter guaranteed to satis-factorily handle the service of the companyover this new route by means of electriclocomotives. This section of the Philadelphia division,known as the Belt Line, consisted of fourmiles of double track, two miles of whichis four tracked, extending from CamdenStation, Baltimore, on the west, to Waverley,on the east. In order to electrically operate it, itwas necessary to construct a power plant,in which was consolidated all of the electricmachines that were used by the companyat that time in various manners and waysfor producing current for lighting its manystations, wharves and terminals. Thisstation, when first constructed, was of about2,500 horse power capacity, and has sincebeen increased to 3,500 horse power, andlater supplemented by a storage battery,again nearly doubling
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