The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-14
The ELECTRIC
LOCOMOTIVES
SOME OF THEM BUILT FOR THE
NEW YORK CENTRAL.
These Engines Rest on Six Wheels on
Each Rail, the Power Being Applied
on Four Large Drivers Each Side
The Engine Weighs Eighty,fve Tons,
Twelve Tons Less than It's Steam
Brother.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Managers of both steam and electric
railway lines are manifesting deep in
terest in the coming test of the electric
locomotives that have been built for
the New York Central Railway compa-
ny. The locomotives are now practic-
ally completed. and the company is. to
try. them out in actual use in moving
trains on it's main line at Schenectady,
where section Of the main line will
be equipped for that purpose.
The test will be witnessed by large
number of prominent steam and trac-
ton line managers, and the results will
be OF the greatest interest as showing
what can really be accomplished by
the electric. locomotive in comparison
by steam. The New York Central owns
and uses the highest type of steam en-
glnes known. They have been built
for speed, strength and endurance and
every phase, of their work is thorolY
known. The test will, therefore, be OF
the greatest interest as showing what
the electric locomotives can do and
what the exact comparison between the
two IN actual labor will show.
The road is now using the "Pacifc -
type Of locomotive on the Boston &
Albany division, thes engine being built
at Schenectady by the American Loco
motive company. The electric locomo-
tive to be tested is also built at Sche-
nectady by the General Electric COM
pany.
The steam engines and tender rest on
ten wheels on each rail, the power being
applied to the three large drivers on
each side. The weight is equally dis
tributed from an engineering stand.
point. The electric locomotive rests
on six wheels on each rail, the power
being applied to. the four large drivers
a oi<rh4
OF the engien, which weighs eighty-fve
tons, rests on the large drivers where
the power is applied. This, it is claimed
by the electrical engineers, gives the
finer. application Of power, as the
weight. resting on the wheels where the
power is applied, gives the highest de-
locomotive weighs abou twelve tons
| less than the steam engine.
The electric locomotive has 2,2OC
horsepower, an amount that is said tc
| be an abundance for every demand that
may be made upon it. With that
amount of power applied, as it is to The
that the locomotive can handle all the
cars the company cares to hitch on be-
| hind it.
The amount Of power is about ter
| times that in use on the ordinary sub
urban car in Cleveland. The Northern
On1O IracC1On company Is operating 1T
cars with 200 horsepower, but the larg
er type of cars on the Lake Shore Elec
trio have 800. The limited car on thu
Painesville line is run with 200 horse
power and has frequently developed .
speed of fifty miles when carrying
full load. In fact, that amount Of pow
er is enough for all the load the ca
can handle and it can then make it
highest speed with ease.
The Northern Ohio Traction work ca
has 200 horsepower, and one day las
week at Akron, in helping clear block
AIDED crossing. the TX car started an,
handled freight train Of twenty load
ed coal cars Of the gondola type. Tn
freight train was handled withou
trouble. At the same rate of power tn
New York Central locomotive shout,
handle eleven times that number O.
cars. It is claimed the New York Cen
trail locomotive, when put to work, will
be asked to handle train Of from Y
to 100 cars to test it's ability. TIL
electric railway men claim it will handl
the 100 cars with an ease that will SUI
prise those not familiar with the powe
Of the motors and their present perfec
application Of the power.