. The Street railway journal . train is made up, however, all the cars are oper-ated by one motorman. The motor controller for eachcar, located just under the platform hood, is itself operatedby a pilot motor, and the motorman governs the pilotmotor circuit only, leaving the acceleration of the trainto be taken care of automatically. This provides that themotor controllers for each car move in synchronism andthat the work of drawing the train is distributed equally among the several motors. Since the weight of each carin the train becomes available for tractive purposes therate of train accele
. The Street railway journal . train is made up, however, all the cars are oper-ated by one motorman. The motor controller for eachcar, located just under the platform hood, is itself operatedby a pilot motor, and the motorman governs the pilotmotor circuit only, leaving the acceleration of the trainto be taken care of automatically. This provides that themotor controllers for each car move in synchronism andthat the work of drawing the train is distributed equally among the several motors. Since the weight of each carin the train becomes available for tractive purposes therate of train acceleration is limited only at that point wherea higher rate would be uncomfortable to the passengers. The first electrical trains were started about a monthago, and the newly equipped cars are being added as rap-idly as made ready. About one-third of the equipment isnow in operation by electricity. At the start some troublewas experienced with minor details, but the trains arenow running without interruption, and the advantages of. FIG. 2.—COOLING TOWER
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