. The street railway review . FIG. 1. some of the proiiiiiiciit types of English station machinery willbe of interest. Fig. I gives a general view of the Blackpool & Fleetwood tram-way station which is equipped with machinery made by Mather &Piatt, Ltd., of Manchester, England. The engine room containsfour open marine type vertical compound engines, each of joo. Ill II. which run at a speed of 165 r. p. m. Thsions arc 12 and 24 x 16 in., and the engines hav cylinder dimen-cast-iron stand- rds at the back and polished sicel columns in front which sup-nrl the cylinders and guides for the pis
. The street railway review . FIG. 1. some of the proiiiiiiciit types of English station machinery willbe of interest. Fig. I gives a general view of the Blackpool & Fleetwood tram-way station which is equipped with machinery made by Mather &Piatt, Ltd., of Manchester, England. The engine room containsfour open marine type vertical compound engines, each of joo. Ill II. which run at a speed of 165 r. p. m. Thsions arc 12 and 24 x 16 in., and the engines hav cylinder dimen-cast-iron stand- rds at the back and polished sicel columns in front which sup-nrl the cylinders and guides for the piston rod. A throttle gov-rnor is used and hand regulation is provided for the expansion 246 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 4. gear. The engines usually run condensing but valves arc providociso that they can exhaust directly into the atmosphere. Direct connected to each engine is a multi-polar dynamo of tliesame make capable of giving a continuous output of 120 kw. at505 volts. These machines have six poles and are shunt notable feature of the design is a collar connecting the fieldcoils and encircling the armature. This arrangement while slight-ly decreasing the electrical efficiency of the machines, effectuallyprevents all sparking which more than counterbalances the slight
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