. The Street railway journal . 3rd RailFeeder Section Switch » :4-20 Substation ~3Kbi;s 4000 AMP. MOTOR OPERATED CIRCUIT BREAKERAND SWITCH the Mott Haven yard, the overhead contacts in each case beingshown by cross dotted lines. The lower part of the formerfigure represents the Lexington Avenue terminal, and the upperpart the Grand Central Station tracks. The arrangement ofthese tracks will, of course, be greatly changed upon the com-pletion of the construction work for the new terminal as plannedby the company and now in process of execution. An in
. The Street railway journal . 3rd RailFeeder Section Switch » :4-20 Substation ~3Kbi;s 4000 AMP. MOTOR OPERATED CIRCUIT BREAKERAND SWITCH the Mott Haven yard, the overhead contacts in each case beingshown by cross dotted lines. The lower part of the formerfigure represents the Lexington Avenue terminal, and the upperpart the Grand Central Station tracks. The arrangement ofthese tracks will, of course, be greatly changed upon the com-pletion of the construction work for the new terminal as plannedby the company and now in process of execution. An interesting feature of the yard practice at Mott Havenis the provision of remote control switches at eleven points inthe yard. In case any section of the third-rail is cut out, it SIMPLIFIED DIAGRAM OF D. C. FEEDERS—MAIN LINE, THIRD-RAIL in the circuit breaker house and the remote control switchescontrol these switches as desired. In case repairs are necessary on any section of the third-railat this point the circuit breaker corresponding can be elec-trically locked against closing by a suitable connection on theyard switch. S
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