. Railway age . low rail; immediatelyupon passing beyond the point of curve on to the Iurve. the condi-tion of a curve with but one-half of the proper superelevation of accidents due to the obscuration of ) by reason of smoke Inthe tunnels, has led to the employment of electric traction withinthe terminal stations and for a distance of several miles along theright of way. The adoption of electric traction at once gave rise tothe problem: How shall the passenger coaches lie afier thesteam locoiuollve Is supplanted by the electric locomotive which I.*to haul the incoming trai
. Railway age . low rail; immediatelyupon passing beyond the point of curve on to the Iurve. the condi-tion of a curve with but one-half of the proper superelevation of accidents due to the obscuration of ) by reason of smoke Inthe tunnels, has led to the employment of electric traction withinthe terminal stations and for a distance of several miles along theright of way. The adoption of electric traction at once gave rise tothe problem: How shall the passenger coaches lie afier thesteam locoiuollve Is supplanted by the electric locomotive which I.*to haul the incoming train a distance of several miles, and. con-versely, must haul the outgoing train an equal distance before it candepend upon steam from the steam locomotive to heat Its coaches?In the solution of this problem economy as well as efficiencymust be .studied. To Install ob-solete stoves for temporary use In theIndividual coaches, a method of heating as Ineffective as It Is fraught Makch 13, 19 THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 375. End View of Heating Apparatus. with danger, was not, to be HiomkIu of. To heat the cars by elec-trifity, while perfeotly feasible, involves not onlv the ofH(|iiipping every coach with electric heating apparatus, in additionlo the steam pipes which would be in use during the major portionor (he run, but involves the considerable loss of efficiency alwavsaccompanying heating by electricity.
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