. Electric railway journal . asy entranceof the teeth of the locomotive gear, the usual plan has been tomake the teeth in the rack at the beginning of a rack section,shorter than normal. In the Montreux-Glion line, the entranceteeth of the rack are of standard height but are reduced inthickness so that the gear on the locomotive slides into en-gagement with them easily. OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION The line is operated by direct current at 800 volts with adouble trolley wire, designed for use with a bow the cars operate for a short distance over the steamrailroad tracks at Glion, the
. Electric railway journal . asy entranceof the teeth of the locomotive gear, the usual plan has been tomake the teeth in the rack at the beginning of a rack section,shorter than normal. In the Montreux-Glion line, the entranceteeth of the rack are of standard height but are reduced inthickness so that the gear on the locomotive slides into en-gagement with them easily. OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION The line is operated by direct current at 800 volts with adouble trolley wire, designed for use with a bow the cars operate for a short distance over the steamrailroad tracks at Glion, the trolley wire is of steel and isplaced out of center so as to be out of the way of the fumesfrom the steam locomotives. SUBSTATION Three-phase power is purchased from an hydroelectric powerplant. The rotary converter substation owned by the companyis equipped with two sets of no kw converters which are ar-ranged so that they can be connected in parallel with those inthe substations of the Montreux-Bernese-Oberland Railway. In. Side View of Locomotive this way, the different substations can be used to supplementeach other and the batteries in one substation even could becharged with current from the other. The batteries, which are made by the Oerlikon Companyhave a new type of plate, designed especially for power stationand substation auxiliary use. Instead of separating the platesby the usual glass tubes, their spacing is maintained by platesof wood which better prevent the buckling of the plates. Whilethe interior resistance of the battery is increased by the em-
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