. Electric railway journal . SWING DOOR AND SLIDING DOOR TYPES OP CARS FOR MELBURNE SUBURBAN ELECTRIFICATION General Electric Company. This contract specified thatthe work should be carried out on a 1500-volt direct-current system. The contract comprised 400 motor-car equipments, consisting of four motors each, 800control equipments, 400 of which were for trail cars,and 400 air-compressor equipments. This was said atthe time to be the largest single order ever placed forelectric railway apparatus. The mileage of the suburban steam lines included inthis scheme was made up of 150 route-miles or
. Electric railway journal . SWING DOOR AND SLIDING DOOR TYPES OP CARS FOR MELBURNE SUBURBAN ELECTRIFICATION General Electric Company. This contract specified thatthe work should be carried out on a 1500-volt direct-current system. The contract comprised 400 motor-car equipments, consisting of four motors each, 800control equipments, 400 of which were for trail cars,and 400 air-compressor equipments. This was said atthe time to be the largest single order ever placed forelectric railway apparatus. The mileage of the suburban steam lines included inthis scheme was made up of 150 route-miles or 289track-miles of running road and 34 miles of electrification has now been in progress for someyears and is nearing completion. The main generating The 1600 motors for the 400 motor coaches are of theGE-237 type provided with commutating poles and ratedat 140 hp. each at 725 volts. They will be operated twoin series on 1500 volts. These motors are self-venti-lating by centrifugal fans cast integral with the pini
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