. The street railway review . ^aAWAy-j\eA^^. FOR MOTORMEN. The above diagram is reproduced from the Stirii Raihvay Rcvinc for August, 1S95, and shows the average resultsof a number of tests made on the Chicago City Railway to determine the amount of power required in starting a car withvarious methods of handUng the series-parallel controller. The upper heavy line shows the consumption of current whenpower is turned on too fast at tlie controller. The lower heavy line is the current consumption when the controller isproperly handled and the car brought up to speed, on a level, in about 12 or m
. The street railway review . ^aAWAy-j\eA^^. FOR MOTORMEN. The above diagram is reproduced from the Stirii Raihvay Rcvinc for August, 1S95, and shows the average resultsof a number of tests made on the Chicago City Railway to determine the amount of power required in starting a car withvarious methods of handUng the series-parallel controller. The upper heavy line shows the consumption of current whenpower is turned on too fast at tlie controller. The lower heavy line is the current consumption when the controller isproperly handled and the car brought up to speed, on a level, in about 12 or more seconds. The gain in time by the tooquick start is only 2 J^ seconds—almost too small to be appreciable, and yet the maximum required is overtwice as much and the total required in .starting is in one case and in the other. Not only does thispower cost the company money for fuel at the power house, but it strains the motors and runs up repair bills. Can acompany afford to keep motormen who will insi
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