. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Electric Locomoti by the General Electric Conilway. BiMit Jointly iy and the American Locomotive Company the 45^ miles of test track at Erie, operating at speedsbetween 100 and 130 kilometers ( miles) per two trips, speeds of 159 kilometers (99 miles) perhour had previously been reached. The locomotive op-erated successfully at these high speeds and there was noindication of periodical oscillation or nosing. The tests There was also exhibited the new Mexican locomotive,the first o
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Electric Locomoti by the General Electric Conilway. BiMit Jointly iy and the American Locomotive Company the 45^ miles of test track at Erie, operating at speedsbetween 100 and 130 kilometers ( miles) per two trips, speeds of 159 kilometers (99 miles) perhour had previously been reached. The locomotive op-erated successfully at these high speeds and there was noindication of periodical oscillation or nosing. The tests There was also exhibited the new Mexican locomotive,the first of ten freight units built by the General ElectricCompany for the electrified lines of the Mexican RailwayCompany, Ltd., an exhibition run being staged on thetracks, together with a bucking contest between a highpower steam locomotive, and a regenerating braking con-. The Otheograph. Installation of 25 Units Under the Tracks at Erie, Pa. included critical observation of both the front and rearof the locomotive, and there was no apparent tendencytoward any objectionable movements which might haveinjurious effect upon the track. Records were also ob-tained by means of the Otheograph, which would indicateunusual freedom from nosing at high speeds. Exaiiiina- test with a steam locomotive coupled behind as a pusherto simulate the conditions of a down grade. Otheograph tests of the P. & O. locomotive, the Mexi-can freight locomotive and the steam locomotive were alsoheld. These tests involve the use of 25 special ties placedin the roadbed and are for the purpose of recording the 380 December. 1923 RAILWAY AXD LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 381 action on the rails of each separate wheel of a locomotiveor motor car. The otheograph test tie, or several of themin combination, gives a graphic record of the amplitudeand characteristic of both the vertical and tran
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