. Electric railway review . LECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. 7. COLOGNE-BONN HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC RAILWAY. The illustrations show the electrical ap-paratus, as utilized on the high-voltage direct-current electricrailway between Bonn and Cologne. This new German elec-tric road was recently constructed along the river Rhine fora distance of miles. In the two terminal cities currentis used at 550 volts pressure, but along the line the voltageis 990. The high-voltage section is fed directly from the with double insulalion. This special insulation consists oftwo ebonite i
. Electric railway review . LECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. 7. COLOGNE-BONN HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC RAILWAY. The illustrations show the electrical ap-paratus, as utilized on the high-voltage direct-current electricrailway between Bonn and Cologne. This new German elec-tric road was recently constructed along the river Rhine fora distance of miles. In the two terminal cities currentis used at 550 volts pressure, but along the line the voltageis 990. The high-voltage section is fed directly from the with double insulalion. This special insulation consists oftwo ebonite insulators in series with two i)orcelain insulators. Two bow current collectors are used, as will be seen byreference to the diagram of the car wiring. The mechanismfor handling the bow collectors is placed on the top of the carwith the lightning arresters. Each motor car is provided with two four-pole motors ofKiO horsepower each. They are designed for 990 volts, havereversing poles and wave-wound armatures, the bar winding. Colcgiii -u, llectric Railway—Apparatus on Car Roof. station generators and a storage battery, but the two end sec-tions are fed from storage batteries only. At the power station a Biraui booster is used for controll-ing the buffer action of the battery. The two generators areof 330 kilowatts capacity at 990 volts in-essure. It is stated being arranged in oiten slots, wedged up with paraffin boiledwooden wedges. The brushes are so connected that the motorscan be operated on the 550-volt section or the 990-volt sec-tion. The cars are equipped for multiple-unit control anddouble-end ojieration. The air pump, rheostat and a large ^^ ^ Z^CJ/VT-VVy/VtS ^^/9£:.
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