. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . illard. Daniel, Lesson to Railroad Men by,296. •Wind Resistance, Calculating, 106. Winter, Preparations for, 364. Women in Railroad Service, 55. Wood, Fuel Value of. 267. Working of Locomotives in the United States,360. Yard Foreman, Need of a, 81. «ineerin5 A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances Vol. XXXIII 114 Liberty Street, New York, January, 1920 No. 1 Most Powerful Prime Mover in the World The Interborough Rapid Transit Com- Secondly, it has three el
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . illard. Daniel, Lesson to Railroad Men by,296. •Wind Resistance, Calculating, 106. Winter, Preparations for, 364. Women in Railroad Service, 55. Wood, Fuel Value of. 267. Working of Locomotives in the United States,360. Yard Foreman, Need of a, 81. «ineerin5 A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances Vol. XXXIII 114 Liberty Street, New York, January, 1920 No. 1 Most Powerful Prime Mover in the World The Interborough Rapid Transit Com- Secondly, it has three elements, out- and subway linos. The rapidity with pany, Xew York, has recently placed in high pressure and two low pressure, and which the Interboroughs power require- operation at its 74th Street Power House, ii is the first triple cross-compound ttir- ments have increased in the past few a Westinghouse turbine that is remark- bine to be placed in operation. years is indeed extraordinary. In 1904 able for two reasons. The purpose of this huge machine is to the 74th Street Station contained nine. \hW 70,000 K. W. 1 I] H RAPID TRA II It is, in the first p 0,000 at! ased capacity continuously, and 70,000 demand Foi Iran n in New York for two hours, BO it is. therefore. < iiy, dm ning up of a ni lib the m<:M powerful prime mover in the way system, and the extension oi thi world. service of (he existing budv i i ipi oi ating engines driving din ■■ atora rated ai 000 I V\ This amount of power sufficed foi■ hile, and then in 1913, il I arj i i i ■inn, i foui ol il RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING January, 1920 install in their place, three compound 30,- 000 turbines. Though 90,000 thus substituted for 20,000 , tinsincrease was hardly obtained when it, inturn became insufficient. Now, 70,000KAV. more is added, and probably addi-tional units will again be needed in the notdistant future. The new unit occupies a floor space of52 x 50 ft., and
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