Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 710
e incandescent lamps in the station. In an electric train, on the New York, NewHaven & Hartford Railroad, the engineer withhis hand on a lever sits at an apparatus known asthe master controller (see illustration). At theupper end of this controller are knobs, like push-buttons, that control… … THE ENGINEER WITH HIS HAND ON A LEVER SITSAT . . . THE MASTER CONTROLLER. above the engine that when extended connectswith the overhead power wire; another operatesthe shoe connected with the third rail; anothercontrols the sandersto pour sand on the trackif the rails are slippery. Others of these…
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