. Electric railway journal . Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco-Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive-Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Trainmens wages $ $ $0,336 $ $0,328 $ $0,325 $ $0,327 $ $0,308 $ $0,260 $ Power .785 Third-rail and feeder maintenance. .293 .109 .230 .205 .142 .137 .115
. Electric railway journal . Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco- Per 1000 Loco-Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive- Ton- motive-Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Trainmens wages $ $ $0,336 $ $0,328 $ $0,325 $ $0,327 $ $0,308 $ $0,260 $ Power .785 Third-rail and feeder maintenance. .293 .109 .230 .205 .142 .137 .115 Oil and waste 007 .007 .202 .006 .18 .007 .21 .007 .21 .007 .20 .005 .16 Miscellaneous supplies 002 .05 .002 .048 .001 .02 .002 .06 .002 .06 .001 .03 .001 .03 Inspection, repairs and cleaning 203 .201 .197 .213 .178 .170 .163 Totals $2,305 $ $1,975 $ $1,822 $ $1,907 $ $1,871 $ $1,638 $ $1,329 $ 1078 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 24. B. & 0. ELECTRIFICATION—THIRD-RAIL PROTECTION AT PASSENGER STATION—INTERIOR OF MOUNT ROYAL SUBSTATION The locomotives have been in very severe the increase both in weight and number of trainshandled it has been necessary to operate them consider-ably in excess of their rated capacity, as it is not alwayspossible to proportion the motive power to the trainweights. They have, however, withstood the severe de-mands remarkably well, the most serious trouble beinga number of armature failures on the two latest heavy overloads, amounting to 700 amp. per mo-tor, some trouble has also been experienced with thebrush-holders and certain of the contactors, but other-wise this type of locomotive has given excellent satis-faction. On the GE-209 motors, armature bearings are re-newed when worn 3/64 in. large or after five yearsservice. Axle bearings are renewed when they becomeVs in. large, which occurs after running about threeyears. Wear has
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