A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 71
ifying and distributing thecurrent. The axle is not a regular source of power; its speedof rotation varies from nothing up to a very high speed, and 54 CAR LIGHTING. §12 also its direction is liable to be reversed—for the car may runin an opposite direction. If the electric energy were takenfrom a… … these contingencies, andenable the lights to burnsteadily at all times. When the car is at restor only moving slowly, thestorage batteries supply thelamps with current. Whenthe car is traveling at suf-ficient speed, the dynamogenerates current and keepscharging up the batteries,and so virtually…
Locomotives · Locomotive boilers · Railroad cars
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