. The Street railway journal . hill the locomotive and motor car, having a totalweight of 28 tons, send about 75 hp back into the line. Theefficiency of the generators and turbines in the power houseis per cent when the load is normal and per centat a maximum load, which is a verv creditable showing. June 7, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 699 During the height of the season, ten to eleven trainsare run daily. The fare for a single trip is francs francs (two classes) and francs and 7 francs fora return trip, the distance being km. The electrical in-stallation wa
. The Street railway journal . hill the locomotive and motor car, having a totalweight of 28 tons, send about 75 hp back into the line. Theefficiency of the generators and turbines in the power houseis per cent when the load is normal and per centat a maximum load, which is a verv creditable showing. June 7, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 699 During the height of the season, ten to eleven trainsare run daily. The fare for a single trip is francs francs (two classes) and francs and 7 francs fora return trip, the distance being km. The electrical in-stallation was furnished by Brown, Boveri & Company, ofBaden, Switzerland. THE JUNGFRAU MOUNTAIN RAILWAY A third and highly interesting mountain rack railwayoperated by three-phase current is the Jungfrau road has also been briefly described in these pages,but further particulars are of interest. The road has itsstarting point at the Kleine Scheidegg, situated 2064 mabove the sea level, and runs along the edge of the moun-. I?!—Lightning M2—Motors for —Motor for air —Main —Switches for air-blast Aa—Ampere meter and ;!—Ampere meter for air-blast —Direct-connected —Resistance for the motors on —Voltmeter and resistance. RN—Resistance for field of direct-connected —Fuses. CS—Method of OF CONNECTIONS FOR JUNGFRAU LOCOMOTIVE tain km, including an 87-m tunnel. It will thentraverse a tunnel (2 km of which lias been com-pleted), at the end of which the line will terminate, reachingan altitude of 4093 m. After1 leaving the train, passengerswill be elevated through a distance of 73 m by means of alift up to the summit of the mountain, 4166 111 above the sealevel. The grade will be 25 per cent along the entire road,with the exception of a section, which will be a67 per cent grade. There are three branches to the km mai
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