. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er 79 ft. 3^ ins. WEIGHTIn Working Order On driving wheels 266,500 lb. On truck, front 59,300 lb. On truck, back 56,600 lb. Total engine 382,400 lb. Total engine and tender 600,300 lb. TENDER Wheels, number Eight Wheels, diameter 36 ins. Journals 6^ ins. x 12 ins. Tank capacity 11,000 U. S. gal. Fuel capacity 35,000 lb. Tractive force 64,550 lb. Service Fast freight The New Electrification on the Great Northern Railway Motor Generator Locomotives Used Are Largest of the Type Ever Built The el
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er 79 ft. 3^ ins. WEIGHTIn Working Order On driving wheels 266,500 lb. On truck, front 59,300 lb. On truck, back 56,600 lb. Total engine 382,400 lb. Total engine and tender 600,300 lb. TENDER Wheels, number Eight Wheels, diameter 36 ins. Journals 6^ ins. x 12 ins. Tank capacity 11,000 U. S. gal. Fuel capacity 35,000 lb. Tractive force 64,550 lb. Service Fast freight The New Electrification on the Great Northern Railway Motor Generator Locomotives Used Are Largest of the Type Ever Built The electriticationproject now under way on the GreatNorthern Railway has attracted great attention amongrailway officials and electrical engineers because of thenew system adopted, and the retirement of one of the pio-neer electrifications in America, a three-phase system, to This electrification project constitutes what is reportedto be the first step in a program that will include 96 milesof main line via a new tunnel, from Gold Bar to We-natchee. By eliminating the duplication of helper service, the. Unit Motor Generator Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway ive place to the new work. The present imdertakingnvolves the revision of the original electrification betweenI ye, Washington, at the western end of the Cascade Tun-nel and the eastern portal of the .same tunnel, and the ex-tension of the electrification westward to .Skykomish,Washington. The electrified mileage will thus ]>e in-creased from four miles to 24 miles of main line trackage,exclusive of vards. delays caused thereby, and other losses of time incidentto steam operation such as watering, refueling, standbylosses, etc., the electrification is calculated to bring mate-rial savings in operating costs. In addition, it will jicrmitfaster train movement over the section involved and willvirtually fulfill in every respect the requirements of jircsentoperating conditions. Consideration has been given tofuture require
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