. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . locomotive are 4, each 200 , direct-current, 600-volt, but rated 250 h. p. with forced draft at 4 to 6 ounces pressure. Reference. S. R. J., Aug. 26, 1905; Sept. 1, 1907. PARIS-ORLEANS RAILWAY. Paris-Orleans Railway of France, a steam road, began the use of 8electric locomotives in 1899, first on a tunnel section, and in1904 on a 15-mile section between Paris and Juvisy. Other sectionshave since been added. The first locornotives were 55
. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . locomotive are 4, each 200 , direct-current, 600-volt, but rated 250 h. p. with forced draft at 4 to 6 ounces pressure. Reference. S. R. J., Aug. 26, 1905; Sept. 1, 1907. PARIS-ORLEANS RAILWAY. Paris-Orleans Railway of France, a steam road, began the use of 8electric locomotives in 1899, first on a tunnel section, and in1904 on a 15-mile section between Paris and Juvisy. Other sectionshave since been added. The first locornotives were 55-ton, 35-foot, of the 2-bogie truck typewith 4 sets of 49-inch drivers. Truck centers were 16 feet; truck bases 7 feet 10 inches, and the total wheel base 23 feet 10 inches. Three 61-ton locomotives of the ^baggage carrying type with 18-foot 6-inch truck centers were added in 1904. Service conditions require the locomotive to haul 220-ton trains at aschedule speed of 43 to 48 m. p. h. and at a maximum speed of 62 m. p. balance speed on the level with a 300-ton trailing load is 32 m. p. h. DESCRIPTION OF DIRECT-CURRENT LOCOMOTIVES 333. Fig. 112.—Paris-Orleans Railway Locomotive in Austerlitz Station, 1899.
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