. Electric railway journal . tawere published in the following issues: Nov. 10, 1906; , 1907; March 26, 1910; July 1, 1911. Another map shows the route of the approved Philadel-phia-Paoli electrification, a distance of 20 miles. As notedon, page 515 of the Electric Railway Journal for March15, 1913, this line is to form the beginning on a generalelectrification of the Pennsylvanias lines in and aboutPhiladelphia. The length of the electrification, measuredas single track, will be approximately 90 miles, according tothe number of sidings converted. ERIE RAILROAD In June, 1907, the Erie Ra
. Electric railway journal . tawere published in the following issues: Nov. 10, 1906; , 1907; March 26, 1910; July 1, 1911. Another map shows the route of the approved Philadel-phia-Paoli electrification, a distance of 20 miles. As notedon, page 515 of the Electric Railway Journal for March15, 1913, this line is to form the beginning on a generalelectrification of the Pennsylvanias lines in and aboutPhiladelphia. The length of the electrification, measuredas single track, will be approximately 90 miles, according tothe number of sidings converted. ERIE RAILROAD In June, 1907, the Erie Railroad completed the electrifica-tion of its Mount Morris division between Rochester, Avon,Geneseo and Mount Morris, N. Y., a route distance of 34miles, equivalent to 40 miles of single track. This line,which is of interurban passenger character, is operated at11,000 volts, twenty-five cycles, single-phase, with Niagarapower. Two articles on this line appeared in the StreetRailway Journal for Oct. 12, 1907. Operating results. Electric Uy Journal American Electrifications—Denver & Rio Grande Com-panys Line in Utah were presented in the Electric Railway Journal forJune 19, 1909, and the most recent data will be found else-where in the current issue. southern pacific railroadDuring 1911 the Southern Pacific Railroad converted 96miles of suburban steam track in and about Oakland, Ala-meda and Berkeley, Cal., to overhead 1200-volt over-head operation. Descriptions of this work appeared in the phase. This work was described in the Electric RailwayJournal for Nov. 4, 1908. great northern railroadThe electrification of the Great Northern Railways Cas-cade tunnel, between Leavenworth and Skykomish, about100 miles east of Seattle, was completed in July, 1909, forthree-phase, twenty-five cycle, 10,000-volt operation. Thisis the only three-phase line in the United States. It has6 miles of single track, including the approaches. Thedistance between Leavenworth and Skykomish, the prop
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