. The street railway review . being of interest for the coinparison of Englishwith American built machines. Among the types of engines mentioned are those of G. E. Bel-liss & Co., Ltd., which are installed in the power plant of the Wa-terloo & City Electric Ry. These arc direct coupled to SiemensBros. 200-kw. generators, the units being quite different in gen-eral appearance from any in use in this country. The engines areof a vertical 3-crank pattern with a complete tandem compound en-gine working on each crank. They are designed for a capacity of300 i. h. p., running at 380 r. p. m., with a
. The street railway review . being of interest for the coinparison of Englishwith American built machines. Among the types of engines mentioned are those of G. E. Bel-liss & Co., Ltd., which are installed in the power plant of the Wa-terloo & City Electric Ry. These arc direct coupled to SiemensBros. 200-kw. generators, the units being quite different in gen-eral appearance from any in use in this country. The engines areof a vertical 3-crank pattern with a complete tandem compound en-gine working on each crank. They are designed for a capacity of300 i. h. p., running at 380 r. p. m., with a steam pressure of 150lb. at the engine valve. The working parts of the engine are in-closed by a casing to keep out dirt and to permit the use of Bellisspatent system of forced lubrication for the bearings. The speed ofthese engines, it will be noticed, is much higher than is usual forthis class of work in this country. There are six units in this sta-tion, which has a provision for still further extension, the units.
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