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Identifier: railwayage44newy (find matches)
Title: Railway age
Year: 1870 (1870s)
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Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: New York (etc.) R.G. Lewis (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Front View of Electric Locomotive: Metropolitan Railway. shaped cab. and weigh. In running order. 4 tons. The motors withwhich they are equipped are of the fSE t>9 type with one-turn arma-tures, the gear ratio being •,„ = 3.36. One motor Is mounted oneach of the four axles They arc of .tW h.p. each, and weigh, com-plete with gearing and gear case, approximately, 6.100 lbs. Theyare of the box frame type with no.se suspension. The internal con-struction is of n. T. H standard practice. The control is the Sprague-Thomson-Houston multiple unit sys- January 17, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZEttE. % tem, and is similar to that used on the passenger trains equippedfor the Metropolitan Railway by the B. T. H. Co. The collector gear consists of twelve shoes arranged as follows:^wo positive shoes in parallel on each side of each truck which aresupported by oak beams bolted to the axle boxes. There are four
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Side View of Electric Locomotive: Metropolitan R negative shoes, one being attached by a suitable insulated bracketto each motor. The following are the leading dimensions: Gage 4 ft. S Ml In. Length over cub nnd In-iulsliicks 3(1 (i Length over biilTers ;t:t (i Centers of bogle.s 17 0 Wheel base of each bogle 7 C Width over cab 8 014 Width over side sills 8 O Width over nil 8 7 Ileltlit rroiii (11 lis to top of cab 12 3% Helghl fniTii riiils to top of floor 4 7Vi I Dlnniiter of wlieels 3 2 Diameter of axles : At cenliT nnd In motor su.spenslon bearings CVi At genr wheel seat 7 Mi At wheel seats 7/io At truck Journals ■i/j Length of Journals 0 Trucks.—These are of the pressed steel type strengthened withreinforcing plates, steel angles and gussets; they are fitted with a

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