Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1913 — Electric Locomotives. [ARTICLE]

Electric Locomotives.

A leading eastern railroad is to put in service on the New York terminal division ten new electric locomotives which will be the most powerful of their kind in existence, says Power. Although weighing only 100 tons, which is 15 tons less than those now in service, they 'will be more powerful, as the whole weight is carried on the drivers. Normally they will develop 1,400 horse power continuously and will be capable of developing as high as 5,000 horse power for short periods. They will exert sufficient tractive effort to haul a train weighing 1,000 tons at sixty miles an hour. One of these locomotives has already been thoroughly tested out and the remaining nine are being finished as rapidly as possible. On both divisions of this road they are now operating 130 electric trains a day and the equipment as been in operation for more than six years.