. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eliable and efficient operation. In the spring of 1893 the Intramural Railway was constructedat the Worlds Fair at Chicago and equipment was furnished bythe General Electric Company for its operation. In 1895 the Metro-politan West Side Elevated Railway in Chicago was equipped onthe same general plan and later in the year the Lake Street Ele-vated (Chicago) and Brooklyn Bridge (New York). In July,1897, a -train of six motor cars was successfully operated in thepresence of engineers of the Sou
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eliable and efficient operation. In the spring of 1893 the Intramural Railway was constructedat the Worlds Fair at Chicago and equipment was furnished bythe General Electric Company for its operation. In 1895 the Metro-politan West Side Elevated Railway in Chicago was equipped onthe same general plan and later in the year the Lake Street Ele-vated (Chicago) and Brooklyn Bridge (New York). In July,1897, a -train of six motor cars was successfully operated in thepresence of engineers of the South Side Elevated road and lessthan a year later 120 cars were in operation in Chicago, and theuse of steam locomotives had been abandoned. In subsequent traction developments the name of the GeneralElectric Company has been equally prominent. The Curtis tur-bine, generating and substation apparatus of all kinds, the com-mutating pole and ventilated motor, the Type K controller, highvoltage direct current equipment and more recently the automaticsubstation. For Testing and WashingLocomotive Boilers. Rue Boiler Washerand Tester SEND FOR CATALOGUE Rue Manufacturing Co. 228 Cherry Street Philadelphia, Pa. Manufacturers of Injectors, Ejectors, Boiler Washers and Testers. Boiler Checks. Check Valves. DIAMOND STEEL EMERT For Grinding In Steam and Air Joint* CUTS BUT NEVER BREAKS A Railroad Shop Necettlty PITTSBURGH CRUSRED STEEL CO. PITTSBURGH, PA., U. 8. A. GEO. P. NICHOLS A BRO. Nichols Transfer TablesTurntable Tractors 2139 Fulton Street, Chicago DUNERCAR CLOSETS DUNER CO. Whatever Your Question
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