. Electric railway journal . SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC—THREE-CAR PASSENGER TRAIN; TYPICAL VIEW OF LINE SHOWING AUTOMATIC SIGNALS MAY 20, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 941. SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC—COAL POCKETS ATFACTORYVILLE to local lighting companies which are not affiliated inany way with the Scranton & Binghamton RailroadCompany. They are supplied, under contract, with cur-rent measured at the railroad companys switchboardand they retail it to their patrons, all of the wiring andapparatus required to serve the consumers belonging tothe lighting companies and being operated and ma
. Electric railway journal . SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC—THREE-CAR PASSENGER TRAIN; TYPICAL VIEW OF LINE SHOWING AUTOMATIC SIGNALS MAY 20, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 941. SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC—COAL POCKETS ATFACTORYVILLE to local lighting companies which are not affiliated inany way with the Scranton & Binghamton RailroadCompany. They are supplied, under contract, with cur-rent measured at the railroad companys switchboardand they retail it to their patrons, all of the wiring andapparatus required to serve the consumers belonging tothe lighting companies and being operated and main-tained by them. This branch of the business developed naturally fromthe fact that the railway company had to develop itsown power, and because of the policy of gradual ex-tension, which involved locating the central powerstation at a point only 12 miles from the Scrantonend of the line. Since the ultimate length of the line wasto be about 70 miles, the transmission of high-tensioncurrent was a necessity, and this made the furnishingof current for commercial purposes along the companyslines and in the towns adjacent thereto an easy power plant, wh
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