Jan 27 no. 3237 pp. 92-96: Method of building railroad tunnel for transporting letter and parcel mails between principal post offices and railway stations in London, with view both to accelerating service and contributing to reduction of street congestion; method of operation employed is distinct departure from anything that has been done before; details of tunnel construction. Feb 10 no. 3239 pp. 153-157: It was decided after experiment that best results would be obtained by using automatic electrically operated trains, without drivers, for dealing with traffic; description of equipment employed for this purpose; rolling stock consists of steel motor cars which are made up into trains of two or three; various operations, both manual and automatic, which have to be performed to dispatch train from one station and to receive it at next. Feb. 24 no. 3241 pp. 215-219: Equipment provided for bringing trains out of sidings at various stations; special rolling stock has been designed; bodies of cars were manufactured by Kilmarnock Eng. Co. and their electrical equipment by English Elec. Co. Mar 2 no. 3242 pp. 250-251: Details of cars equipped with special containers; battery locomotives. Mar. 16 no. 3244 pp. 309-312, 127 figs. partly on supp. plates: System of conveyors, elevators, spiral chutes and elevators employed in handling of mail bags.


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    Title :

    The post office tube railway, London


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Engineering ; 125 , n 3237-3244


    Publication date :

    1928


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Post office (London) railway

    Carter, W.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1939


    London tube railway extensions

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1931


    The post office (London) railways

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    The post office (London) railways

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    The post office (London) railways

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928