. Electric railway review . tion of1,000 kilowatt capacity, are so fitted that they can be usedat a number of different places on the system on the LongIsland Railroad where connections to the high and lowtension systems of distribution can readily be effected. Theseportable substation cars are 38 feet 4 inches long over all,9 feet 10 inches wide, and 12 feet 9 3-16 inches high abovethe top of the rail. They are built entirely of steel. Theweight of the equipment carried is 142,000 pounds. Theweight of the car without equipment is 49,000 pounds. Thecar is carried on a freight truck of the stan
. Electric railway review . tion of1,000 kilowatt capacity, are so fitted that they can be usedat a number of different places on the system on the LongIsland Railroad where connections to the high and lowtension systems of distribution can readily be effected. Theseportable substation cars are 38 feet 4 inches long over all,9 feet 10 inches wide, and 12 feet 9 3-16 inches high abovethe top of the rail. They are built entirely of steel. Theweight of the equipment carried is 142,000 pounds. Theweight of the car without equipment is 49,000 pounds. Thecar is carried on a freight truck of the standard type and isnot equipped with motors, but is hauled from one place toanother. Its superstructure is so constructed as to be readilytaken apart in order to enable the machine to be run into asubstation and be placed underneath the traveling crane Incase it is necessary to repair the apparatus. These cars wereprimarily intended to be used at the racetracks during theracing season when the loads are particularly heavy, but. Electric Car Equipment of tiie Long Island Railroad.—Exterior of Inspection Shed at Dunton. board panel. The panel is supported by a steel frame. Theconduits are of the loricated type, and are run through theframing of the car according to a well worked-out plan whichis uniform for all cars, the framing being drilled at theproper points before the cars left the builders shops. The weight of a steel motor car and its equiimient is82,138 pounds and the maximum passenger load is estimatedat 16,000 pounds, making a total of 98,138 Equipment. The steel cars as thus constructed and equipped havenow been in successful operation for over a year. Besides the steel cars just described, 55 wooden trailercars, which were built six or seven years previously with aview to using them in electrical trains, were equipped to runin trains with the motor cars; provisions had been made indesigning these car bodies for conveniently disposing theelectric lighti
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