Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 135
343 CABLE RAILWAYS. of the road : we are now haulirig cars weighing 8,000 to 9,000 pounds, and grip cars weighing 5,000 to 6,000 pounds, seating respectively forty and twenty-two persons, and running sixteen to twenty-six trains made … i, u : p up of these cars and grips. This comparison will give you some idea of . the increased demand on engines and machinery. The engines used in cahle railway plants are almost exclusively of the Corliss type, this class of engine being well adapted for a variable load, such as is only known in…
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