. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . out lOO miles long and isgraded up from 850 ft. below sealevel to a height of 1,210 ft. above may be of interest to Biblical stu-dents to know that the present termi-nus, the town of Deraa, was once theresidence of Og, the king of Bashan. November, 1905. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 489 Electric Drive in Locomotive RepairShops. BY A. S. ATKINSON. The gradual extension of the electricdrive in locomotive shops for moreeconomical and efficient results indi-cates that the experimental
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . out lOO miles long and isgraded up from 850 ft. below sealevel to a height of 1,210 ft. above may be of interest to Biblical stu-dents to know that the present termi-nus, the town of Deraa, was once theresidence of Og, the king of Bashan. November, 1905. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 489 Electric Drive in Locomotive RepairShops. BY A. S. ATKINSON. The gradual extension of the electricdrive in locomotive shops for moreeconomical and efficient results indi-cates that the experimental stage hasbeen largely passed, and the questionuppermost in the minds of engineersand operators is the more complete have demonstrated some of the highefficiency and economy of electric oper-ation. The plant was one of the first inthe field of electric equipment, and itscompleteness is unusually in with an equipment sufficientto handle the repairs of 150 locomotivesa year, with a further extension thatwill shortly bring the total up to 225Inrnmntives a year, or about 18 loco-. VICE REGAI^ TRAIN ON THE GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY. equipment of the shops with machinesthat will show definite results. In thedaily operation of a repair shop the fullcapacity of the engines and motors israrely approximated, and usually half ofthe possible maximum total of power isthe average consumed, and the ratio ofthe load-factor to the maximum powermust be considered in estimating costof work. The number of tools that areeither standing idle or working underlight loads is always sufficiently great tosecure for electricity an advantage thatin the aggregate amounts to a consider-able sum in the course of a year. The ability to secure actual data inregard to the amount of power used fordriving various individual tools and ma-chines by electricity has proved of in-estimable value to the operating engi-neer. By means of a voltmeter and anammeter in the motor circuit exactmeasu
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