. Electric railway journal . Montreux-Bernois Railway—Storage Yard and Car House at Montreux later to make it conform to the construction of the restof the road. The maximum grade on this section is cent and the minimum radius of curvature 40 m (131ft.). The gage is 1 m ( in.). The rails weigh about49 lb. per yard and are laid on steel ties spaced 91 cm (35in.) apart on tangents and cm (32 in.) apart on track is heavily ballasted with broken stone. The overhead line is carried from curved steel bracketsattached to wooden poles, except in the yard at Montreux,where s
. Electric railway journal . Montreux-Bernois Railway—Storage Yard and Car House at Montreux later to make it conform to the construction of the restof the road. The maximum grade on this section is cent and the minimum radius of curvature 40 m (131ft.). The gage is 1 m ( in.). The rails weigh about49 lb. per yard and are laid on steel ties spaced 91 cm (35in.) apart on tangents and cm (32 in.) apart on track is heavily ballasted with broken stone. The overhead line is carried from curved steel bracketsattached to wooden poles, except in the yard at Montreux,where steel lattice poles are in use. Two staggered trolleywires are employed. Both are of hard drawn copper 8mm in diameter (102,400 circ. mil) or 9 mm in diameter. with so many diverse grades. The motors could be re-lied upon to make up lost time and to be less sensitive toa drop in voltage. Again, the subject of line repairs wasparticularly important, since a wire could be repairedwhile alive, and in any event with less trouble than athree-phase line. The most important reason for directcurrent, however, was the possibility of using storagebatteries. Batteries have been placed in all converterplants and have made it possible to purchase current atthe most favorable figures. The type of car used is shown in the views. It is fur-nished with vacuum and with electro-magnetic trackbrakes. Each car has four 65-hp motors wound for 750volts and operated with a series-parallel controller. Trailcars are used. One of the conditions set forth for themotor design was that the motor speed must not exceed1100 when the car is running downhill at 40 km anhour ( ). Extra large resistances were adoptedfor better speed regulation on ligh
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