Railway and Locomotive Engineering . on,which is usually full of an assured suc-cess that is not always completelyrealized. From a report just published by D. Hall, superintendent of theSt. Clair Tunnel, we reiterate the were pro\iiHKlv inilili^licd in the vice for a few hours each day for two orihree weeks before going into full engineers who first assumed controlo! these locomotives are still operatingtlicm, and, with two exceptions, the samefiremen, now called assistants, are withthem. During this period not a passen-ger or a member of a train or yard crew
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . on,which is usually full of an assured suc-cess that is not always completelyrealized. From a report just published by D. Hall, superintendent of theSt. Clair Tunnel, we reiterate the were pro\iiHKlv inilili^licd in the vice for a few hours each day for two orihree weeks before going into full engineers who first assumed controlo! these locomotives are still operatingtlicm, and, with two exceptions, the samefiremen, now called assistants, are withthem. During this period not a passen-ger or a member of a train or yard crewhas been injured by electric shocks, buttwo casualties have occurred to work-men in the electric bay. Means are nowused so that it is not necessary to ener-pize the lines in the bay except to movelocomotives into the yard, and as soonas this is done the line in the bay is shutoff. The cost per year for the maintenanceof the four steam locomotives was?21,173, while the average cost for the sixelectric loeomolives is $11,131. The rost. ~VLV.\NI.\ PRIZE ELECTRIC UK(iM<iTI\i: liKTI KNS FROM SAN l-R.\NCISCO. regular service in the New York Ter-minal and sent to San Francisco for ex-hibition purposes. The reason of the smoke stack is thatthe Pennsylvania and Westinghouse com-panies, wishing to insure its safe andprompt return from San Francisco, havesent with it a personal tracer, and in or-der to afford him comfort when passingthrough severe storms which have re-cently been encountered, a cab was erect-ed, in which was included a small coalstove, hence the smoke stack. The locomotive is rated at 4/XX) horse-power and is the largest electric locomo-tive ever built for exclusive passengerjervice. It is built in two units, andweighs 156 tons, and will haul a heavyPullman train at a speed of 60 miles perhour. pages of Railway and Locomotive Ex-ciNEERiNX that the tunnel is 6,032 feet inlength, with approaches totaling 5,603ftet. Between the years 1890 and 190bthe traffic th
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