. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . uired for inspection is 4 to 12 hours. Of the 41passenger locomotives, 3 are in for inspection each day, in summer. Maintenance expense, which includes all repairs, was at first 7 centsper locomotive mile, but this has now been reduced to 5 cents, of cents are for labor and cents for material. Locomotive troubles have been detailed and explained by Mr. Murray,Electrical Engineer for the road, to the A. I. E. E., Dec, 1908; Apr.,
. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . uired for inspection is 4 to 12 hours. Of the 41passenger locomotives, 3 are in for inspection each day, in summer. Maintenance expense, which includes all repairs, was at first 7 centsper locomotive mile, but this has now been reduced to 5 cents, of cents are for labor and cents for material. Locomotive troubles have been detailed and explained by Mr. Murray,Electrical Engineer for the road, to the A. I. E. E., Dec, 1908; Apr., new designs had many minor troubles, as was expected, but theydisappeared in time. The most wonderful thing about the whole recordwas the absolute success of the new single-phase motor. FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES 1909-1911. Three locomotives are being tried out in freight service. These differfrom the 41 passenger locomotives in that the motors are mounted aboveand either geared or crank and side-rod connected to the driving axles,instead of being flexibly mounted on the driver axles. The 2-4-4-2 wheel DESCRIPTION OF SINGLE-PHASE LOCOMOTIVES 369. Fig. 139.—New York, New Haven and Hartford Geared Freight Locomotive, 1909.[
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