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Show Electric Switching Engines. Tho great weight of storago batteries, bat-teries, which is so serious on objection objec-tion to their uso on passenger cars and smaller carrlagot Is an advantage advan-tage on switching locomotlvos, as it gives nocessary adhesion. Such a lo-comotlo lo-comotlo Is being tested in the jnrds of tho Prussian state railways. Among its special merits It claims that of being always ready and that of costing cost-ing less than utoam for Irregular service. ser-vice. The battory of 200 cells Is charged once a day from n source of constant current at 11Q volts. Tho total weight of tho locomotive is 59,-000 59,-000 pounds, of which 22,000 pounds is tho weight of the battery and 9,500 pounds that of tho other electric apparatus. |
