. American engineer and railroad journal . ALL-STEEL CAR TODIES—HUDSON COMPANIES. as light in weight as possible in order to permit of the greatestacceleration and thus be capable of running on a high speedschedule with stops varying from Yz to y2 mile apart. A studyof the accompanying drawings and description will show that allof these conditions have been fully complied with. The tunnels and subways of this company are located underand on both sides of the Hudson River and consist first of atwin tunnel extending from Fulton and Church streets. New is expected that the section from Christophe


. American engineer and railroad journal . ALL-STEEL CAR TODIES—HUDSON COMPANIES. as light in weight as possible in order to permit of the greatestacceleration and thus be capable of running on a high speedschedule with stops varying from Yz to y2 mile apart. A studyof the accompanying drawings and description will show that allof these conditions have been fully complied with. The tunnels and subways of this company are located underand on both sides of the Hudson River and consist first of atwin tunnel extending from Fulton and Church streets. New is expected that the section from Christopher and gth York, to the D. L. & W. terminal in Hoboken, will be inoperation by January 1, 1908. This will then be followed byother sections as rapidly as they can be completed. The secondsection to be put in operation will probably be the subway on 6thavenue. The service in these tunnels will consist of trains of as manycars as are demanded, to a maximum of eight, running at as 402 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD IT X*M 1 ! t i1 -■? s. 1 i i ° i f .L 1 Pi of-i*on CO s o Eo> October, 1907. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 403


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