. Railway Times . , SB-S Lenffth of Undcrframe -~24-6 Ctitlres or Bcgt: Length oyer Boor Ends.— Y-^^ c^Bf* ^-0^^. —I 1 11 iiu ill ■ 11 \,. Elevation and Plan of Leyland Petrol-Electric Car for South African Railways. engine. The reverse is operated in the manner : Thecoupling (/{■) is engaged and the clutch (/) disengaged. Thearmature (/) of the second is then rotated by the engineand the current transmitted to the first machine, which is given.■I reversed field. The variation of the power transmitted electrically (and,.herefore, of the speixi of the vehicle
. Railway Times . , SB-S Lenffth of Undcrframe -~24-6 Ctitlres or Bcgt: Length oyer Boor Ends.— Y-^^ c^Bf* ^-0^^. —I 1 11 iiu ill ■ 11 \,. Elevation and Plan of Leyland Petrol-Electric Car for South African Railways. engine. The reverse is operated in the manner : Thecoupling (/{■) is engaged and the clutch (/) disengaged. Thearmature (/) of the second is then rotated by the engineand the current transmitted to the first machine, which is given.■I reversed field. The variation of the power transmitted electrically (and,.herefore, of the speixi of the vehicle) is obtained by varjing thestrength of the fields of the two electrical machines. This is travelling in either direction. Tlie vehicle is by thereversing of the engine, the latter beijig stopped and restartedbv means of the batterv. Control levers and brake wheels artpiace<l at each end of the car so that the vehicle can be drivenequally well in either direction. The accumulators are ofsul^kient capacitv to pro]K?l the car in case of emergency foreight mile5 at a spee<i of four miles an hour. The car is pro-vided with ixjwerf
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