. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tors per locomotive areused with a total horscjxiwer rating of 7125. The motorsare geared to a jackshaft with a .gear ratio of and inturn connected to the driving wheels by rods working oncrank pins in the jackshaft and wheel hubs. Frames and Crossties The design of the main frames follows very closely theusual steam locomotive practice, except at the ends, wherethe jackshaft is secured in its ]icdestal. I^ach frame is 231 232 \V AND LOCOMOTINH KNGINEERING August, 1926 42 ft
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tors per locomotive areused with a total horscjxiwer rating of 7125. The motorsare geared to a jackshaft with a .gear ratio of and inturn connected to the driving wheels by rods working oncrank pins in the jackshaft and wheel hubs. Frames and Crossties The design of the main frames follows very closely theusual steam locomotive practice, except at the ends, wherethe jackshaft is secured in its ]icdestal. I^ach frame is 231 232 \V AND LOCOMOTINH KNGINEERING August, 1926 42 ft. 6 in. hm^ ami weighs completely finished withoutixdestal caps lbs. Six frames arc required foreach locomotive. The frame crossties lorm an im]X)rtant [xirt in theelectric lucnmotive (lesion, not only for llieir \alue in cab the whole length of the locomotive. The cab is ar-ran;;ed with an engineers compartment at each end, par-titioned from the main jjortion of the cab and providedwith cunm-cting doors, and the interior lagged with vnnt lit the cab is designed tn allow the heavy. bracing the structure and providing supports for the elec-trical apparatus, but for the resistance which they offertil deformation of the frame when the locomotive is lifted,iir jacked at the ends. Ior this purpose one continuouscasting extends between the motor supix)rts. The electrical e<iuipment is protected by a sheet steel (iv: Built by the American Locomot . : ; y electrical parts to be installed through hatchways to whichwater-tight covers are fitted. Windows and louvres are located to secure the bestarrangement for light and ventilation for the electricaljxirts, which arc located along the longitudinal center ofthe locomotive. The Service Performed by Our Railways The Amount of Work or Service They Render as an Equivalent to Certain Unit Cost of Operation By Lee G. Lauck, Union Trust Company, Cleveland, Ohio It is safe to predict with reasonable assurance of beingcorrect,
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