. Electric railway journal . motives that will ultimately be operated will be shippedbefore next November, and, according to present ex-pectations, the complete installation will be in regularoperation by Jan. 1, 1917, the Missoula division, lyingwest of Deer Lodge, being scheduled for complete elec-tric operation during the coming summer. At the west-ern end of the electric zone the six substations will becompleted within a few months. The overhead wiringfor the 152 miles of route between Deer Lodge and thetown of St. Regis has already been erected, leaving only55 miles of overhead constructi
. Electric railway journal . motives that will ultimately be operated will be shippedbefore next November, and, according to present ex-pectations, the complete installation will be in regularoperation by Jan. 1, 1917, the Missoula division, lyingwest of Deer Lodge, being scheduled for complete elec-tric operation during the coming summer. At the west-ern end of the electric zone the six substations will becompleted within a few months. The overhead wiringfor the 152 miles of route between Deer Lodge and thetown of St. Regis has already been erected, leaving only55 miles of overhead construction between St. Regisand Avery, which should be equipped before the comingsummer, to complete the western end of the electriczone. Utilization op Existing Facilities For the repairs of the electric locomotives there havebeen utilized so far as is possible the facilities existingprior to the introduction of electric operation. Allheavy repairs are to be made at the shop at DeerLodge, and running repairs and inspections are now. ST. PAUL ELECTRIFICATION—EXTERIOR OF TYPICAL SUBSTATION AND OPERATORS BUNGALOWS 640 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 14 being made in the roundhouses at that point and ThreeForks. When the whole electric zone is electricallyoperated, the roundhouses at Harlowtown, Avery andMissoula will also be used for running repairs andinspection. The roundhouses at each of these points originallyhad 110-ft. stalls so that they could house the largeMallet engines that are in service on the several divi-sions. Recently these stalls have been extended by theaddition of vestibules to make them 120 ft. long, thislength being sufficient to house the electric changes have been found necessary for the round-house turntables, since these were originally 115 The electric locomotives move onto the turn-table at the Deer Lodge shops under their own power,and thence into the roundhouse stalls under power froma low-voltage circuit. The turntable is
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