. Electric railway journal . 52, No. 19 Preparations for Future Electrifi-cation in Europe Experimental Work Is Now Going On witha View to Quick Recuperation Afterthe War COMMENTING upon the article by Prof. HugoStuder, of Zurich, in the issue of the ElectricRailway Journal for Sept. 7, a correspondent of thispaper points out a number of interesting facts regard-ing preparations being made abroad for electrificationwhen peace returns. As Switzerland has ample water power but is de-pendent for itscoal supply onother countriesand cannot getenough coal tooperate its rail-ways, this coun-try has d
. Electric railway journal . 52, No. 19 Preparations for Future Electrifi-cation in Europe Experimental Work Is Now Going On witha View to Quick Recuperation Afterthe War COMMENTING upon the article by Prof. HugoStuder, of Zurich, in the issue of the ElectricRailway Journal for Sept. 7, a correspondent of thispaper points out a number of interesting facts regard-ing preparations being made abroad for electrificationwhen peace returns. As Switzerland has ample water power but is de-pendent for itscoal supply onother countriesand cannot getenough coal tooperate its rail-ways, this coun-try has decidedto electrify allrailways. How-ever, despite theurgent need forelectrific a t i o nnow the diffi-culties of ob-taining raw ma-terial for the manufacture of equipment will delay electrification forthe present. In the meantime preliminary experimentalwork is going on. Among the new types of locomotive being developed,two which are rather unusual in European practice areespecially worthy of mention. They differ from most. being transmitted through springs the driving effort istransmitted by means of a spindle, B, in the figure,through a hollow axle. Gears are located outside thelocomotive frame, thus giving ample space for the motor. Another drive, shown in Figs 2 to 4, has been pro-posed by Brown, Boveri & Company, of Baden. Theadvantage of this somewhat complicated scheme is thatthe center of the gear can be placed somewhat higherthan the center of the axle, thus giving the designermore freedom in laying out the gears. As in the designpreviously mentioned the axle is relieved of all theweight of the gear and of all parts of the motor. Inother words the gears and motors are spring driving force is transmitted through a system of
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