. Electric railway review . ht and automaticair. In the end cabs are located a sand box, air drum, con-tactors and rheostats. As the locomotive is to be used solelyfor switching service, it is supplied with a pantagraph trolley,instead of the ordinary wheel trolley, thereby obviating thenecessity of the frequent reversal of the trolley which wouldbe required in such service. The locomotive is equipped with bell, whistle and head-lights. The headli,ghts are supplied with 32-candlepower in-candescent lamps, and gauge lamps for illumination of theinstruments are wired on the headlight circuit and
. Electric railway review . ht and automaticair. In the end cabs are located a sand box, air drum, con-tactors and rheostats. As the locomotive is to be used solelyfor switching service, it is supplied with a pantagraph trolley,instead of the ordinary wheel trolley, thereby obviating thenecessity of the frequent reversal of the trolley which wouldbe required in such service. The locomotive is equipped with bell, whistle and head-lights. The headli,ghts are supplied with 32-candlepower in-candescent lamps, and gauge lamps for illumination of theinstruments are wired on the headlight circuit and controlledwith the same switches. The principal dimensions of the locomotive are as follows:Length over .29 ft. Length of rigid wheel base. Height over cab 11 ft. 9 in 6 ft. 6 in. Track gauge 4 ft. 8% in. Weight on drivers. .80,000 lb. Wyckoff Pipe & Creosoting Company, Stamford, Conn., re-ports that the Xew York & .\ew .lersey Telephone Company islaying Creosoted conduit made by the Wyckoff company for. Electric Locomotive for the Bush Terminal Railway—Interior. struction adopted differs from that ordinarily used on electricmotor trucks and follows rather a type which has been usedwith a good deal of success for the tender and guiding trucksof steam locomotives. The bolsters are carried rigidly onthe side frame, and the weight of the frame and bolster is underground wires in lirooklyn and Coney Island. .X. andLong Branch and Allenhurst. .X. .). The telephone company,during the last 23 years, has used millions of feet of thiscreosoted conduit, and thatl aid 23 years ago in Brooklyn is asperfect as on the day It was laid. Chicago: 160 Harrison Street PUBLISHED EVKKV SATURDAY BV THE WILSON COMPANY, CHICAGO Entered at the Postofflce, Chicago, 111., as Second-class Matter. Subscription In advance, Inclndlng special daily editions published from time tu time In places other than Chicago, postage free: United States or Mexico, $2; Canada, $; Postal Union Countrie
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