. Electric railway journal . Fig. 3—Chicago Coasting Tests—Relay Box Mounted UnderCar Body the Chicago River, a round-trip distance of miles,were independently fed through meters in the Van BurenStreet substation and the Western Avenue power meters used were the General Electric type G-3 of2000-amp capacity, and these meters, as well as all otherinstruments used in the tests, were carefully calibrated atthe close of the test period. The rolling-stock equipmentof the Van Buren Street line consists of fifty all-steel, pay-. Fig. 4—Chicago Coasting Tests—Wiring Connections ofCoasti
. Electric railway journal . Fig. 3—Chicago Coasting Tests—Relay Box Mounted UnderCar Body the Chicago River, a round-trip distance of miles,were independently fed through meters in the Van BurenStreet substation and the Western Avenue power meters used were the General Electric type G-3 of2000-amp capacity, and these meters, as well as all otherinstruments used in the tests, were carefully calibrated atthe close of the test period. The rolling-stock equipmentof the Van Buren Street line consists of fifty all-steel, pay-. Fig. 4—Chicago Coasting Tests—Wiring Connections ofCoasting Clock and Relay as-you-enter type, double-truck cars having the following-general dimensions: Length over all 49 ft- 2 in. Width over corner posts 8 ft. 9 in. Height, rail to trolley board 11 ft. 8 in. Truck-center distance 20 ft. 1 in. Length of body 32 ft. 5 in. Truck wheel base 4 ft. 10 in. Seating capacity 40 passengers Motors, four General Electric No. , two K-35 C. Air brakes, National with A-4, 16-ft. , Consolidated , Baldwin-Pullman No. complete, 52,000 lb. The report considers the several claims of the RailwayImprovement Company in the order in which they havebeen stated above, and then summarizes the results of thetests on the Van Buren Street line. It applies the resultsestablished on this single line to the entire system of theChicago Railways, and concludes with a statement show-ing a total net saving on 1560 cars for one year in kw-hours of current
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