. The Street railway journal . GOVERNOR. IGNITER care and ability characteristic of all the Westinghouse work, butwhich cannot be given here on account of lack of space. A shortreference will be made instead to a typical electric railway plantat Huntington, Long Island, in which these engines are used. The power house of the Huntington Street Railway containstwo three-cylinder Westinghouse gas engines, with cylinders Qins. in diameter x n-in. stroke, and rated at 50 each. Eachengine is belted to a Westinghouse railway generator of kw.,550 volts. The switchboard carries the usual gene
. The Street railway journal . GOVERNOR. IGNITER care and ability characteristic of all the Westinghouse work, butwhich cannot be given here on account of lack of space. A shortreference will be made instead to a typical electric railway plantat Huntington, Long Island, in which these engines are used. The power house of the Huntington Street Railway containstwo three-cylinder Westinghouse gas engines, with cylinders Qins. in diameter x n-in. stroke, and rated at 50 each. Eachengine is belted to a Westinghouse railway generator of kw.,550 volts. The switchboard carries the usual generator and feederpanels, with also a panel for a storage battery, which is used as abalancer. This battery consists of 265 chloride accumulator ele-ments, type E-7. The road itself extends from Huntington station to HuntingtonHarbor, Long Island, a distance of over 3 miles, and has been insuccessful operation for about thirteen months. During the sum-mer the travel is very heavy, and over 5000 passengers have beencarried in a single day.
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