Show electric traction molars for ste steam railway trains within a few lays days past specially apeci ally design y motors have been em ball short abr t distance j for a tile tho begat regular rains of the Bal Balli moie 0 ohio railroad the service service consists a in hauling the tha trains through the great tunnel feet feel long iong under the business part 0 of f the city of baltimore the motors weigh 95 tons each are 14 feet 3 inches long and ard gage they have bare two trucks and eight wheels heels it each 62 j riches inches in diameter and flexibly supported eup ported rt on each truck are two six if role r le ue earless urless motors one for each axle it is said raid that these motors are guaranteed to pull 1200 tons at a speed of 30 miles an hour and that in a test one of them was vies coupled to a six wheel new ew york central locomotive arld and pulled it up ani and down the track at will although the tha best attainable pull was as made by the steam locomotive against the motor thill is ia but one more illustration of the manner in which the employment of electricity is being extended we last week noticed 6 some orne interesting tirah of electric motors de designed oel for regular sern sen ice or on the I 1 nantasket Nan narita et beach road near boston the ease with which lery cry high speeds could be obtained i in n hauling full pi saenger trains was amply demorst demonstrated rated subsequent trials were made on the same load in the hauling of heavy freight and with equally satisfactory results that the motor may et el displace steam locomotives in the regular railway service of the country seems now a reasonable possibility and one too in rega regail 1 to which the principal q esti is i g that of relative cost scientific american |