. The ways of our railways . ATLANTIC TYPE EXPRESS PASSENGER ENGINE, N E. by Locomotive Inb. Co.]. EIGHT-WHEELS-COCPLED MINERAL ENGINE, L. AND N. \V. R. Airjii<:cd .n front are ,iil the diffonit i\i:.- :it rlc iii,:iui\i,t! re. THE MECHANISM OF MOTIVE-POWER. 93 railway work as the steam turbine has for marinepropulsion. Advantages of a similar kind, though much limitedin degree, are obtainable under steam conditionsof operation by placing the motive machinery andthe carriage on the same set of wheels in the formof a rail motor-car. The Great Western andother railway
. The ways of our railways . ATLANTIC TYPE EXPRESS PASSENGER ENGINE, N E. by Locomotive Inb. Co.]. EIGHT-WHEELS-COCPLED MINERAL ENGINE, L. AND N. \V. R. Airjii<:cd .n front are ,iil the diffonit i\i:.- :it rlc iii,:iui\i,t! re. THE MECHANISM OF MOTIVE-POWER. 93 railway work as the steam turbine has for marinepropulsion. Advantages of a similar kind, though much limitedin degree, are obtainable under steam conditionsof operation by placing the motive machinery andthe carriage on the same set of wheels in the formof a rail motor-car. The Great Western andother railway companies have lately commenced tomake considerable use of this class of vehicle in orderto give a frequent and rapid service on lines of lighttraffic, usually where there is tramway competitionto be fought against. When the number of passengersto be carried at a time does not, as a rule, exceedfifty, rail motors may be employed with success,and the frequency and acceleration of the servicemay be economically increased by their use; buon most suburban lines the traffic conditions are notsuitable for
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