. The Street railway journal . FIG. -MODEL OF PENNSYLVANIA TERMINAL INNEW YORK CITY. FIG. 3.—MODELS OF SECTIONS OF TUNNEL a number of locomotives during the Exposition season. Thethings of most interest to the electric railway man, however,are the models showing the New York terminal of that com-pany, and the tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers. The strip of steel supported by porcelain insulators from the con-crete roof. There is also a third rail, the location of whichbeside the track can best be seen in Fig. 2. This third rail hasits center 26^ ins. outside the gage line of the tra
. The Street railway journal . FIG. -MODEL OF PENNSYLVANIA TERMINAL INNEW YORK CITY. FIG. 3.—MODELS OF SECTIONS OF TUNNEL a number of locomotives during the Exposition season. Thethings of most interest to the electric railway man, however,are the models showing the New York terminal of that com-pany, and the tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers. The strip of steel supported by porcelain insulators from the con-crete roof. There is also a third rail, the location of whichbeside the track can best be seen in Fig. 2. This third rail hasits center 26^ ins. outside the gage line of the track, and itstop 21/4 ins. above the track. It is protected by two planks,a 9-in. plank on top and a 6-in. plank at the side. The thirdrail is supported on vitrified clay insulators. The section oftunnel illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is thatwhich is to be used in passing through the siltin the bottom of the river. The track in thissection is supported on steel screw piles,which extend below the tunnel to solid top of one of these steel screw piles,which is under the middle of
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