. The Street railway journal . made by mebefore the Great Barrington Convention on June 19, 1902, asfollows: power drawn from the line in compressing air, or it may beused to compress air with the stored energy of the train,thereby acting as a brake. 4. By virtue of the air storage, feature each car becomes anindependent unit, and capable, in case of loss of current fromthe line, of running a reasonable distance without contact withthe working conductor. This feature will enable a car to workon a high-tension trolley wire or active conductor over private 42 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII.
. The Street railway journal . made by mebefore the Great Barrington Convention on June 19, 1902, asfollows: power drawn from the line in compressing air, or it may beused to compress air with the stored energy of the train,thereby acting as a brake. 4. By virtue of the air storage, feature each car becomes anindependent unit, and capable, in case of loss of current fromthe line, of running a reasonable distance without contact withthe working conductor. This feature will enable a car to workon a high-tension trolley wire or active conductor over private 42 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. i. right of way, and allow the active conductor to be stoppedwhere the private right of way ceases, and the car to proceedthrough a city or town on any tracks, whether electricallyequipped or not, until it reaches the outskirts of the city ortown where it can take up the working conductor again onprivate right of way. This feature is also valuable in switchingwork, for each car being independent it can leave the main line. FIG. 7.—VIEW OF FIRST EXPERIMENTAL MOTOR, WITH MOTOR FORWARD track and operate over switches or sidings without complicatingthe yards with additional overhead or third-rail conductors,thus necessitating through-line conductors over main-linetrack or tracks only. 5. Since a single-phase motor can be used the motors canbe supplied with current from a single overhead wire or thirdrail, and with a single-rail return circuit, thus permitting theoverhead construction, or third-rail construction, to conformto the standard of to-day, except that a much higher working
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