. Electric railway gazette . FIG, 2. WHELESS TRACTION AND COLLECTING PLATES. FIG. 4. WHELESS TRACK CONSTRUCTICN. the under side of its truck two iron bars, the samelength as the car, hung upon hght springs and by means of screws, known respectivelyas the energizing and collecting bars. Beneath oneof the seats of the car is a small storage batteryconsistin;i of six cells, arranged to give a curren From the Electrical Engineer, New York. is directly connected to the main cable which con-veys the 500 volts current from the generators atthe power house. This runs i
. Electric railway gazette . FIG, 2. WHELESS TRACTION AND COLLECTING PLATES. FIG. 4. WHELESS TRACK CONSTRUCTICN. the under side of its truck two iron bars, the samelength as the car, hung upon hght springs and by means of screws, known respectivelyas the energizing and collecting bars. Beneath oneof the seats of the car is a small storage batteryconsistin;i of six cells, arranged to give a curren From the Electrical Engineer, New York. is directly connected to the main cable which con-veys the 500 volts current from the generators atthe power house. This runs in an iron pipe throughall the boxes, as shown in Fig. i, and the othercaibon face to the collecting plate upon the boxlid. The operation of the car then becomes as follows;The battery discharges its low-pressure current the same distance apart as in the case of the singletrack, aie placed between the tracks, and the elec-tromagnets for both tracks are placed in the samebox. The collecting, energizing and return con-tact plat
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