Identifier: railroadengineer61newy (find matches)
Title: The railroad and engineering journal
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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tramway-trainsinto the existing service, since there is, in the first place, asupplement of expenses to take into account, but thesystem is to be recommended where the traffic is likely toincrease and require more trains. It should not be con-cluded that this system can be profitably applied ever>-where; the question should be studied line by line todetermine where it could be adopted with advantage orotherwise. The object in view in starting tramway-trainsin Austria was to promote local traffic. To provide for atleast three or four journeys per day, where the travelerswould not exceed in number some eight or twelve personsper journey, it did not pay to run the ordinary heavytrains; the wear and tear ofthe rails and other expensesquickly swallowed up the receipts. It was decided, there-fore, to set light engines and carriages upon the rails, towork at a reduced speed and to stop at close stages. Inconsequence of this reduction of speed they have been THE RAILROAD AND (August, 1887.
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Vol. LXI. No. 8.) ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 364 able in Austria to reduce the tariflf 324 per cent, below the ordinary prices. .According to M. Kopp, tlic receipts in the suburbs ofVienna in 1880 amounted to about 38 cents per mile andthe expenses to 17)2 cents only. The speed is generallyfixed at 18 or 19 miles per hour, and descends in some-cases as low as 14 miles. The project has been workedout very successfully, and the example has been followedby Germany, France. Italy and Belgium. In the lattercountry, however, the general use of tramway trains isstill under consideration ; as yet they are only employedaround Liege and on the Chirnay line. Compound Tank Locomotive. The accompanying illustration is a perspective view ofa compound locomotive, intended for freight traffic, andbuilt at the Crewe Works of the London & NorthwesternRailway, from the designs of Mr. F. W. Webb, ChiefMechanical Engineer. The engine has side-tanks and iscarried on four pairs of wheels, of which three pairs

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