. American engineer and railroad journal . ser-vice in summer and winter is now becoming very importantin competitive passenger service. For this reserve capacityIs necessary. When a railroad official faces the increasing weight of trainsand increasing severity of schedules he is ready to grasp atanything which will help him out of the difficulty. Becausecompounds do increase capacity, young men who are now pre-paring to enter motive power service will find it advantageousto have well defined opinions as to the possibilities of thecompound to meet future requirements, which are going to bemore
. American engineer and railroad journal . ser-vice in summer and winter is now becoming very importantin competitive passenger service. For this reserve capacityIs necessary. When a railroad official faces the increasing weight of trainsand increasing severity of schedules he is ready to grasp atanything which will help him out of the difficulty. Becausecompounds do increase capacity, young men who are now pre-paring to enter motive power service will find it advantageousto have well defined opinions as to the possibilities of thecompound to meet future requirements, which are going to bemore difficult than those of the past or present. When thequestion of locomotive design is raised on a railroad where anadditional car must be hauled and the time must be somewhatshortened, the compound locomotive lies ready at hand tomeet this need. Those who are most competent to judge be-lieve that the locomotive of the future is sure to be a com-pound.—Mr. G. H. Basford, at Purdue University. 340 AMERICAN ENGINEER AXD RAILROAD STEEL MOTOB CAE—LONG ISLAM) RAILROAD. ELECTRIFICATION OF THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. exception of the truck, and trailer cars can readily be con- verted into motor cars, whenever desired, by the substitution PASSENGER CAR EQUIPMENT. Of motor trucks. The car bodies have the following general dimensions: The design of the car equipment of the Long Island Railroad Length over draw-bars 51 ft. i ins. is based upon a careful study of the traffic conditions, as they length m-er tarty corner 41 ft. % in. were outlined at the commencement of the undertaking, call- Width over sheathing s ft. 7 ins! „ ... .__ . . „ . _ Width orer window sills y ft. V, in. ing for trains with the number of cars varying from 2 to G Height from top of rail to top of roof 21 ft. % in per train at different hours of the day in regular operation and Hei«ht from underside of center -ills to top of roof S ft. BH ins. occasional trains of from 10 to 12 cars for hea
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