. Electric railway journal . INSTALLATION OP HEATER UNITSUNDER A TURNOUT 882 Electric Railway Journal Vol 52, No. 20 with 15-ft. switch points eighteen heaters were used toprovide for the voltage of the system with a total powerconsumption of kw. for each turnout. Wherecurrent can be obtained at 1 cent per kilowatt-hourthe cost of operation for a turnout would be 1\ centsper hour. This amount is not excessive because currentneed be used only while snow is falling and there is notime lost in calling men. Most roadmasters are inflenced,in deciding on their winter force, by the emergencies.
. Electric railway journal . INSTALLATION OP HEATER UNITSUNDER A TURNOUT 882 Electric Railway Journal Vol 52, No. 20 with 15-ft. switch points eighteen heaters were used toprovide for the voltage of the system with a total powerconsumption of kw. for each turnout. Wherecurrent can be obtained at 1 cent per kilowatt-hourthe cost of operation for a turnout would be 1\ centsper hour. This amount is not excessive because currentneed be used only while snow is falling and there is notime lost in calling men. Most roadmasters are inflenced,in deciding on their winter force, by the emergencies. SWITCH WITH ELECTRIC SNOW MELTERS INSTALLEDIN BALLAST which snow conditions require. If they do not have toprovide for clearing switches they feel safer with amuch smaller force, particularly since the use of tele-phones, motor cars and the like makes it easy to bringgangs from headquarters promptly. Since these electric heaters have been developed, vari-ous other uses have been found for them. They arecompletely effective for taking frost out of the the track has heaved so as ordinarily to requirelarge shims above the shoulder of the tie plate and tonecessitate slow movement of traffic, the condition hasbeen remedied by placing these heaters in the groundso as to remove the frost and thus allow the track to dropback to its normal place. The heaters can also be usedunder pipe runs, signal mechanisms, turntable pits, ash-carrying devices and the like. German Tramway Conditions Serious GREAT as have been the difficulties in obtainingmaterial by the electric railways in this
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