. The Street railway journal . locomotive patternedafter those used by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-way at Baltimore has been constructed at theSylvania shops. It weighs 35 tons and isequipped to handle sixteen loaded cars. TheMcGuire rotary snow plow is fitted with four50-hp Steel motors for propelling the machine,and two 50-hp motors for operating the sweep-ers. The inspection car before mentioned is a val-uable acquisition to the rolling stock. It is alight gasolene car of the hand-car pattern, andwas built by the Sheffield Car Company, ThreeRivers, Mich. Two small gasolene motorsmounted at th
. The Street railway journal . locomotive patternedafter those used by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-way at Baltimore has been constructed at theSylvania shops. It weighs 35 tons and isequipped to handle sixteen loaded cars. TheMcGuire rotary snow plow is fitted with four50-hp Steel motors for propelling the machine,and two 50-hp motors for operating the sweep-ers. The inspection car before mentioned is a val-uable acquisition to the rolling stock. It is alight gasolene car of the hand-car pattern, andwas built by the Sheffield Car Company, ThreeRivers, Mich. Two small gasolene motorsmounted at the sides give the car a maximumspeed of 40 miles an hour, which can be main-tained all day if necessary. The operation issimple, and five passengers can be seated. Thecar can be lifted from the track by two men,and it has been found of great value for in-spection work, permitting officials to stop offat any point without interfering with schedules. POWER PLANT The power plant is located on the banks of a small stream which. CONSTRUCTION TRAIN HAULED BY A HOME MADE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE 980 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XX. No. 25. has been dammed to form a pond, affording ample water supplyof good quality. The impression given by the building is utility,rather than elegance, and the whole arrangement is such that the
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