. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . own drawings and descriptions in Electrical Engineer, July 12, 1893; Oct. 8., 1893,p. 339; Baldwin-Westinghouse publication, Electric .Locomotives, 1896; Elec,World, March 5, 1904 44 ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAILWAY TRAINS In 1895, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad began the use of five electric locomotives for hauling all ordinary passenger andfreight trains thru its Baltimore Belt Line tunnel and terminal. Theseare still in active
. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . own drawings and descriptions in Electrical Engineer, July 12, 1893; Oct. 8., 1893,p. 339; Baldwin-Westinghouse publication, Electric .Locomotives, 1896; Elec,World, March 5, 1904 44 ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAILWAY TRAINS In 1895, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad began the use of five electric locomotives for hauling all ordinary passenger andfreight trains thru its Baltimore Belt Line tunnel and terminal. Theseare still in active service and seven freight locomotives have been steam railroad field was practically uninvaded until this date. In 1898, Buffalo & Lockport Railway began the use of two 640-h. for the haulage of ordinary freight, in 8- to 12-car trains,between Tonawanda and Lockport, N. Y. They are still in active service. In 1900, St. Louis & Belleville Electric Railway, a pioneer electricfreight road, began the use of two 50-ton locomotives. For ten years,720-ton, 16-car coal trains have been hauled in regular .;^-•>-■>*>.?#**■-* ■•-,-,; ..iimIiS^P>K-!«MBi^i Fig. 13.—St. Louis and Belleville Electric locomotive and ordinary 720-ton coal train. In 1900, Central London Railway, an underground tube road, in-stalled 40 locomotives each equipped with 4 GE-56, gearless, direct-current, motors. The armature core was built directly on theaxle. The locomotive weighed 48 tons, about 13 tons spring-bourne and35 tons not spring-bourne. The rigid construction of these locomotivesshook and damaged the buildings above. They were superseded bylocomotives equipped with 4 GE-55, geared, , motors. Thegear ratio was and the weight was 34 tons. There was still somevibration, and the locomotives were abandoned for 7-car motor-cartrains with 500 h. p. per train. St. Ry. Journ., Oct. 11,1902; Nov. 7,1903. Mr. W. J. C
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