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Identifier: electrictraction00burc (find matches)
Title: Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others ..
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Burch, Edward P. (Edward Parris), 1870-1945
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: New York (etc.) McGraw-Hill Book Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Fig. 56.—Motor-car Truck used by West Jersey & Seashore Railroad.Baldvvin truck and General Electric 240-h. p. motors. a. Design of electric motors decreases strains and pounding. b. Control circuits prevent accidents. c. Automatic devices on controller safeguard operation. MOTOR-CAR TRAINS 233 d. Speed is increased with safety, by the design of motors.Speed may be limited by design or by control devices, e. Wheel bases which are long and rigid are avoided.
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Fig. 57.—West Shore Railroad Three-car Train.Third-rail road, Syracuse to Utica, N. Y. f. Tests of equipment are facilitated and are rigid. g. Regeneration of energy in braking prevents accidents,h. Air brakes are used in tunnels with safety.

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