Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · leaf 517
able, both on account of the limited space available in the tunnel and the very heavy currents required. The tunnel is low in places and the overhead conduc- tors are placed between the two tracks, seventeen feet above the rails. Outside the tunnel they are raised to twenty-two feet. The conductor… … Five hundred Kilowott Railway Generator. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. sawbuck arrangement which has great freedom of movement. A heavy copper cable carries current to the motors, which returns by the rails to the station. The locomotives weigh ninety- five tons each and rest on eight driving wheels,…
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