Roundhouse turntable at Houston, Texas, is completely equipped with anti-friction bearings and possesses several other features; table is of continuous-girder type, having over-all length of 100 ft. and width of 17 ft.; driven by two 15-hp. adjustable constant-speed wound-rotor induction motors, one at each end, which give it maximum end speed of 180 ft. per min.; construction of center.
A new turntable on the Southern Pacific railroad
Ry Locomotive Eng
Railway and Locomotive Engineering ; 41 , n 12
1928
2 pages
3 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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