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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ction or vibra-tion. The engine shown in the illustration was designed bythe Ball Engine Company, Erie, Pa., especially for elec-tric railways and electric welding, and possesses the plete and of the best description. The regulation, bymeans of the improved governor, is such that the enginehas shown in practice perfect regulation under conditionswhere the vibration in load on the generator from zero tothe full capacity has occurred in less than five seconds oftime. Without going into any further details, it willsuffice to say that thorough workmanship and materialsof the highest excellence go into the construction of theengine and every detail receives the most careful atten-tion. The manufacturers, the Ball Engine Company,Erie, Pa., confidently offer it as, for its horse power andtype, the strongest and heaviest built. Believing that theelectric street railway interests require a strictly first classengine in every respect, they have designed the engine tothat end and have succeeded.
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NEW BALL HEAVY DLTY ELECTKXC RAILWAY EXGINE. above requirements to an admirable degree, as may beseen by the view and the description following:— The frame of the engine is massive and heavy andinternally ribbed so as to give the greatest attainablestiffness. The crank shaft is forged out of a solid steelingot of the best quality, and is of large diameter andgreat strength. The connecting rod and straps areforged out of steel ingots and are of a new design, com-bining strength with efficiency. The main bearings areunusuall) large and are so arranged that both the verticaland side wear of the liners may be taken up. The mainbearings liners are genuine babbitt, carefully scraped andfitted, as they are made removeable, they can be easily andquickly taken out and replaced with new ones if necessary.The crank pin boxes are lined with genuine babbitt. Thecrosshead boxes are made of pure copper and tin. Thecrosshead is a steel casting with very large bearing sur-faces and is babbitted on t

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