. Electric railway review . roposed dual operation of steam and electrictrains the trolley wire is being hung 21 feet 6 inches abovethe rails. Tubular iron brackets and No. 0000 trolley wireare being used. One of the accompanying engravings, that of the decksteel truss bridge over the Des Moines river, five milessouth of Ft. Dodge, illustrates the substantial character ofthe roadbed structures being erected. This bridge comprisestwo 70-foot deck spans 20 feet deep, designed for CoopersE45 loading. The bridge abutments are of concrete con- May 25, 1907 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 673 struction. The
. Electric railway review . roposed dual operation of steam and electrictrains the trolley wire is being hung 21 feet 6 inches abovethe rails. Tubular iron brackets and No. 0000 trolley wireare being used. One of the accompanying engravings, that of the decksteel truss bridge over the Des Moines river, five milessouth of Ft. Dodge, illustrates the substantial character ofthe roadbed structures being erected. This bridge comprisestwo 70-foot deck spans 20 feet deep, designed for CoopersE45 loading. The bridge abutments are of concrete con- May 25, 1907 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 673 struction. The timber trestle approaches to the river spanshave a total length of 760 feet. Another illustration showsthe trestle spanning one of the canyons, west of Boone, onthe electrified portion of the Newton & Northwestern. This paratus. The generating equipment is in duplicate, eitherset of machines being of sufficient capacity to handle theload under normal conditions. Coal is to be delivered to the boiler room by coal chutes. Ft. Dodge Des Moines & Southern Railway—Car Equipment. trestle, S00 feet long, is 165 feet high over the ravine whichit crosses. Power Plant. The generating station is situated on the bank of the Des Moines river at Fraser, which is practically the load center of the Ft. Dodge Des Moines & Southern Railway. In addition to being admirably located for obtaining feed and from an elevated track. The coal will be hauled from themines in bottom-dump cars and delivered to the boilers with-out rehandling. Along the front of the ash pits is a 12-inchspiral ash conveyor, which carries the ashes and cinders fromthe boiler room to a vertical bucket elevator, which loadsthem in cars. The boiler equipment consists of three Aultman-Taylor
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