. Electric railway journal . Since, for the last few years so much less thanthis has been invested, the sum now necessary to bringour railroads up to the point where they will be ade-quate to the needs of the nation is literally such capital being now available, normal methodscan no longer be followed, and therefore in the pres-ent emergency any and every means to utilize ourexisting railroad plant to its fullest efficiency shouldbe carefully considered. The Railroad War Board, despite legislative handi-cap, has already made phenomenal progress towardunifying the railroads faciliti
. Electric railway journal . Since, for the last few years so much less thanthis has been invested, the sum now necessary to bringour railroads up to the point where they will be ade-quate to the needs of the nation is literally such capital being now available, normal methodscan no longer be followed, and therefore in the pres-ent emergency any and every means to utilize ourexisting railroad plant to its fullest efficiency shouldbe carefully considered. The Railroad War Board, despite legislative handi-cap, has already made phenomenal progress towardunifying the railroads facilities, and if these handi-caps were removed, it could practically eliminate allduplication of service by the common use of terminals,tracks, and equipment and by a thorough revision oftraffic routing. When all this is accomplished, however, a furtherimprovement in the transportation situation can besecured by means of electrification. Electrification can help the railroads and the na-tion in three ways: POWER HOUSE SUBSTATION. The headwater, descending with ter-rific lorce through the pipe A, revolvesihe turbine wheel B. which is attachedlo a vertical shaft C. at the upper end■ol which is a massive armature D. therevolving of which generates the alter-more generators, the combined strengthof which produce the IENT a—ALTEHNATINDYNAMO MOTThe moto in the center is drivenand operates the dyivmos, or generators. OOfrom alternating h direct, direct etrrrent bej PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF USE OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER FOR RAILROAD I January 5, 1918 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 5 1— By increasing the capacity of existing track andterminal facilities. 2— By decreasing the consumption of fuel, and 3— By conserving the labor necessary for operationand maintenance. Increasing Track Capacity Any method by which the capacity of our steamrailroads can be increased would be of paramount im-portance at this time. Electricity can accomplish thisby permitting the use of locomoti
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