. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . les per hour. D. C. Locomotives As indicated earlier in this article, the passenger loco-motives are of the same fundamental design as the freightlocomotives just described, and are intended for opera-tion on the New York Tunnel and Terminal Division. The traction motors are identical to those used on thefreight locomotive, and with the gearing provided, thelocomotive is capable of handling the largest Pullmantrain entering or leaving the New York Terminal. The blower sets are also a duplicat
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . les per hour. D. C. Locomotives As indicated earlier in this article, the passenger loco-motives are of the same fundamental design as the freightlocomotives just described, and are intended for opera-tion on the New York Tunnel and Terminal Division. The traction motors are identical to those used on thefreight locomotive, and with the gearing provided, thelocomotive is capable of handling the largest Pullmantrain entering or leaving the New York Terminal. The blower sets are also a duplicate of those on theA. C. locomotive. A number of parts on the electricalequipment required for D. C. operation which cannot bemade duplicate of the parts on the A. C. engine havebeen made duplicate of the parts on the present Tunneland Terminal locomotives. Among these parts may bementioned the third rail shoes, resistance grids, etc. Thiswill aid in the ease of maintenance of the locomotives. Mention lias already been made of the fact that themotors for these locomotives are in capacity the largest. The Master Controller for the D. C. Locomotive single phase traction motors in this country. The D. have the additional distinction ot beingequipped with the largest unit switches in switches are of the standard Westinghouse electro-pneumatic type, and have a continuous capacity of threethousand amperes. The arc rupturing capacity of theseswitches is many times this amount on a 750 volt total of twenty-three switches is required on each loco-motive to adequately handle the motor circuits. These locomotives will be completed and placed inservice earlv this year, at which time it is proposed tomake extensive tests to determine the practicability ofthis type of locomotive both for high speed passengerand for freight service. If the expectations of the Rail-road officials are fulfilled, a tremendous advance willhave been accomplished in electric lo
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