. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . Fig. 53.—New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Motor-car and Truck. Truck weight 8 tons. Wheel base 7 feet. Wheels 36 inches. Swinging bolster supported by double elliptic springs. Truck frame supported from semi-elliptic springs over the journal boxes by spring hangers. 228 ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAILWAY TRAINS Motor-cars in local freight trains are a recent and a very importantcommercial development. For example: North-Eastern Railway of England
. Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others .. . Fig. 53.—New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Motor-car and Truck. Truck weight 8 tons. Wheel base 7 feet. Wheels 36 inches. Swinging bolster supported by double elliptic springs. Truck frame supported from semi-elliptic springs over the journal boxes by spring hangers. 228 ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAILWAY TRAINS Motor-cars in local freight trains are a recent and a very importantcommercial development. For example: North-Eastern Railway of England uses multiple-unit cars forfreight service. Each car is 55 feet long, has four motors, andhandles luggage, parcels, and fish. These cars are coupled into eitheran electric- or steam-driven train. Paris-Orleans Railway uses heavy motor cars, of the baggage-cartype, loaded with supplies and high-grade freight, to haul trains.
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