. The Street railway journal . vals. There are no grades or curves of any note throughoutthe entire length of line, and there is only one point wherethere is any variation in the height of the trolley wireover the track. This is where the track passes under arailway bridge and here the line is dropped from 21 ft. to17 ft. series parallel type, and embody the magnetic blow-outprinciple and an emergency stop switch, whereby the carcan be very quickly stopped by connecting the motors,so that they become generators. The motors are of the well known G. E. 800 type,and there are two motors on each t
. The Street railway journal . vals. There are no grades or curves of any note throughoutthe entire length of line, and there is only one point wherethere is any variation in the height of the trolley wireover the track. This is where the track passes under arailway bridge and here the line is dropped from 21 ft. to17 ft. series parallel type, and embody the magnetic blow-outprinciple and an emergency stop switch, whereby the carcan be very quickly stopped by connecting the motors,so that they become generators. The motors are of the well known G. E. 800 type,and there are two motors on each truck. Electric Railways of Cork Cork is another city in Ireland which is soon to beelectrified by the operation of trolley cars. The principalstockholders of the Cork Electric Tramways & LightingCompany, which will make the installation, are also largelyinterested in the railway system of Dublin, and the con-struction used in the latter place will be largely followedin the Cork installation. In addition, however, an equip-.
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