Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn R.R. begins electric operation; railroad has double track from East Boston to Lynn, distance of 9 mi.; each motor car is equipped with two General Electric 60-hp. 600-volt, d.c. railway motors; line construction; automatic signal system has been changed to operate throughtransformers from 2300-volt a.c. supply; substations; 60 of 96 passenger cars used in steam service have been remodeled and electrically equipped; electropneumatic brakes installed. (See also Eng. and Contracting vol. 67, no. 12, Dec. 1928 pp. 597, 1 fig; Ry. Jl., vol. 35, no. 23, Dec. 8, 1928, pp. 991-997, 7 figs.)
Narrow gauge railroad electrified
Ry. Age
Railway Age ; 85 , n 19
1928
2 pages
4 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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Narrow gauge railroad electrified
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
Narrow gauge railroad electrified
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928