. The Street railway journal . ST. LOUIS & SUBURBAN RAILWAY PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY, WEST FROM TAYLOR AVENUE io6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 3. a part of it is now well up to date. The latest addition consists EXPERIENCE WITH STORAGE AIR BRAKES AT ST. LOUIS of two GE 1200-kw 6600-volt alternating-current generators driven by Allis-Chalmers cross-compound Reynolds-Corliss en- The storage air brake system has been in operation on most gines. The engine room of this station is an interesting his- of the cars of the United Railways Company, of St. ST. LOUIS & SUBURBAN NEW STORAGE S
. The Street railway journal . ST. LOUIS & SUBURBAN RAILWAY PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY, WEST FROM TAYLOR AVENUE io6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 3. a part of it is now well up to date. The latest addition consists EXPERIENCE WITH STORAGE AIR BRAKES AT ST. LOUIS of two GE 1200-kw 6600-volt alternating-current generators driven by Allis-Chalmers cross-compound Reynolds-Corliss en- The storage air brake system has been in operation on most gines. The engine room of this station is an interesting his- of the cars of the United Railways Company, of St. ST. LOUIS & SUBURBAN NEW STORAGE SHEDS AT DE HODIAMONT torical study, as in it can be found some of the earliest ap-paratus used in electric traction, and also some of the boilers and piping underwent a thorough reconstructionjust previous to the Worlds Fair. The company has two sub-stations to which 6600-volt alternating current is transmitted—one to supply the downtown end of the line and the other atBrentwood for the lines extending southwest. The system isunder the management of John Mahoney, general superintend-ent, the president being J. S. Walsh, of St. Louis. These gen-tlemen are sharing with the St. Louis Transit Company man-
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