Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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ate between Palmer and Springfieldare fifteen-bench, double truck, and each is fitted with four No. 67General Electric motors. The running time from Palmer toSpringfield, a distance of about 16 miles, is one hour and fifteenminutes, or at the rate of 12.8 miles per hour. This rate, if main-tained over all the electric lines between Boston and Springfield,would make it possible to cover the distance in less than eighthours. As a matter of fact, the actual time necessary for the jour-ney is one to two hours greater than that named, but it makes apleasant days outing for those who enjoy the varied scenery amongthe hill towns of Massachusetts. Cars will run between Palmer and Springfield on thirty minutesheadway, passing through Thorndike, Three Rivers, North Wil-braham and Ludlow on the way. The system also serves the townsof Warren, Monson and Ware. Fred T. Ley & Company, Springfield, were the contractors forthe track and overliead work of this line. Railroad Day at the Pan American
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MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF THE SPRINGFIELD & EASTERN RAILWAY way between Warren and Palmer has been in operation for sometime, and the part just completed from Three Rivers to Springfieldwill have cars running over it by Aug. 15. About 75 per cent ofthis railway is located on the public highway, and about 25 per centon private right of way. The road is single track, and laid withrails of A. S. C. E. section, weighing 60 lbs. per yard. Gravel bal-last is used for most of the road and standard ties are laid 2 ft.on centers. The rails are bonded with No. 0000 bonds and con-stitute the only return circuit, no supplementary wire being pro-vided. The overhead .system is mostly supported by side construction,and the trolley is No. 00 in size. Power for this railway is sup-plied from two sources at the usual pressures of 500 volts to600 volts, direct current. The length of the line is so great, about20 miles from Warren to Springfield, that power can not beeconomically supplied from a single st

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