New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14

cars will be equipped with the necessary motive
machinery under their floors. For through trains
1t is proposed to independent locomotives,
which can be detached in an instant. One OF these
will be substituted for the steam locomotive when
a train reaches Croton. coming southwark on the
Hudson River division, White Plains on the
Harlem division. With outbound trains, the first
part of the haul viii be effected by electricity. and
an exchange TO steam will be made at the places
mentioned.
The normal capacity of the engine which has just
undergone official trials is 200 horsepower winch
draws the Empire State Express. In emergencies
IT can develop 600 more Il has demonstrates ios ~
ability TO handle nine-car tram at a speed OF
sixty miles more hour. and in squirting TO
gineers Of the General Electric COMPANY say that
in order to secure the most economical consumption
given speed the construction Of that part OF the
aGnine known as b the e IA u By
gould be attained easily; If faster engines than
on short notice Again # at any time one OF the
new locomotives should have heavier load than
usual TO handle. two can be coupled together and
be operated by single engineer
and is thus made available in pulling; Another is
and consequently the driving wheels wiz do less
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freme simplicity of the machinery. In electric
Of order except the armature or rotating part.
There is one immature on each OF the four aXes of
No 5000. and one should give out 1t could be re
moved and replaced III ten minutes. The work of
repair, therefore, would be reduced TO low mini
mum Finally, the arrangement OF the levers in
the cab closely resembles that n steam loco
motive. and a man who has had experience in run
CINE with little fanng. That little will doubtless
be afforded wh<n the time comes the expert
mental section of track Schenectady.
This bit of road IS now only -FOUR miles long but
Will soon have a length OF seven. Above the third
rail with which il is provided is fixed a wooden
shield, at distance of few inches. The board is
fastened In such manner that interference oc-
with the sliding shoe that takes off the cur
rent for the locomotive. Where the track crosses
a country highway grade a gap is left in the
third rail. and the is supplied by an over
braced at height of twelve fifteen feet from the
ground. The conductor is a metal box. not a wire
To afford an entrance for the electricity to the
engine the latter has two shoes which are pressed
upward with powerful springs
The trial last Saturday had than local
Importance. Representative railroad men from the
Eastern part of the United States present 10
witness the performance. 1t has long been known
that the managers of the Pennsylvania Erie Lack
awanna. NewHaven and other systems which are
tributary to the metropolis have had the adoption
in the subject is not confined to the men who
shape the policy of these roads a number of
Western roads have also been studying the prob
lem. The object lesson afforded Saturday there
fore. must prove far reaching in its influence
Neither the New York Central, which is doing
pioneer work for the country. the builders Of
No. 5000 would have been willing to give such pub
LEFTY 10 the test if they had had every asSIr-
ance in advance that il would result successfulIv
II is hardly possible to overestimate the cOnse-
quences OF this single demonstration