. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rk Office of the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. forthe past four years, has been promoted to manager of the HeavyTraction Division of the Railway Department with headquartersat East Pittsburgh. Mr. Manson, who isconsidered one ofAmericas foremost au-thorities on railroadelectrification, joinedthe Westingho useCompany through itsengineering apprentice-ship course about nine-teen years ago, shortlyafter he graduated asan electrical engineerfrom the Massachu-setts Institute of Tech-nology. Thr
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rk Office of the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. forthe past four years, has been promoted to manager of the HeavyTraction Division of the Railway Department with headquartersat East Pittsburgh. Mr. Manson, who isconsidered one ofAmericas foremost au-thorities on railroadelectrification, joinedthe Westingho useCompany through itsengineering apprentice-ship course about nine-teen years ago, shortlyafter he graduated asan electrical engineerfrom the Massachu-setts Institute of Tech-nology. Through his longservice with the West-inghouse Company,which included everybranch, from construc-tion to sales, Mr. Man-son has been connectedwith nearly all of theimportant electrictransportation prob-lems in the eastern partof the United include helpingto build and test thefirst New Haven loco-motive ; being assigned to the electrification work of the NewYork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in the Spring of 1907 andaiding in the inauguration of electric service; instructing steam. A. J. Manson December, 1924 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 387 engineers in their duties as electric enginemen, and qualifying theearly ones for electric service; and being associated with the pre-liminary test conducted by the Pennsylvania Railroad on LongIsland prior to the decision as to the system to be used in thePennsylvania tunnels entering New York City. Another accomplishment of Mr. Manson was assisting F. , Director of Heavy Traction of the VVestinghouse Com-pany in connection with the Pennsylvania-New York tunnel elec-trification. This installation included power house, substationsand locomotiv. Mr. Manson is well known throughout the electrical and railwayworld through his book Railroad Electrification, and his contri-butions to the railway press. The readers of Railway and Loco-motive Engineering will be familiar with his work as he was Asso-ciate Editor and conduct
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