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Engineering problems in electric elevated and suburban railroading (1899)

Sprague, Frank J. · s.n., · leaf 27

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he central station had six 400 H. P. (standard rating)boilers only in use, with but two men in the fire room,and there was no straining of engines, dynamos or bat-teries. As an example of extraordinary duty, the operationduring ihc recent holidays may be cited. During a goodportion of the time the… … STORAGE BATTERIES SOUTH SIDE ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANY A very large number of records have been taken byMr. Lundie, these running into the hundreds, under allpossible conditions of acceleration and all sorts of motorand trail car combinations, fur determining the best meth-ods of operation, the…

Local transit -- Design and construction -- 19th century · Electrical engineering -- Safety measures -- 19th century

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