. The street railway review . eetRailway Review, besides a few representatives of thegeneral public. The easy, steady motion with which the train starts ishighly commendable, and although the sinuosity of theline renders high speed undesirable, the trip affords inmanv respects a larger conception of the grounds andbuildings than can be obtained in any other way. Four cars, each seating lOO passengers, comprise atrain. The motor car, which is similar to the others,carries over 500-horse-power, divided among four motors,two on each truck. The same general plan of fare col-lections and handling o
. The street railway review . eetRailway Review, besides a few representatives of thegeneral public. The easy, steady motion with which the train starts ishighly commendable, and although the sinuosity of theline renders high speed undesirable, the trip affords inmanv respects a larger conception of the grounds andbuildings than can be obtained in any other way. Four cars, each seating lOO passengers, comprise atrain. The motor car, which is similar to the others,carries over 500-horse-power, divided among four motors,two on each truck. The same general plan of fare col-lections and handling of passengers is employed as onother elevated roads. THE MAMMOTH SWITCHBOARD. REACHED by two galleries, the magnificentswitch board in Machinery Hall, will be themost visited point in this interest crowded are really two boards, both constructed of beau-tiful white marble and arranged in tiers. The upperboard holds the switches, controlling the machineswhich are four in number and rejoice in the appellation. THE WESTINGHOUSE SWITCH BOARD—MACHINERY HALL. of the direct connected kodak type. They are woundfor 250 volts, and have a capacit} of 400 amperes four machines furnish the excitement fortwelve 10,000 light and two 4,000 Hght alternators, which,together, compose the Westinghouse lighting plant. Theywork in multiple. This board is known as the standardWestinghouse board. The other, or dynamo board, is divided into 26 panels,all seemingly alike, and each controlling a separate gen-erator. As each of the 10,000 light generators is reallytwo machines, it requires two panels to each of there are twelve of these, a simple arithmetical equa-tion of 2 A 12 = 24, accounts for all but two panels andthese control, each, one 4,000 light machine. Two field rheostats, field switches, dynamos, changingswitch, ammemeter, pilot lamp and voltmeter, composeeach panel. The feeder system attached to the switch board iscomplete in every detail and will be e
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