Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Raton Mountain Electrification Project: The Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.; A Thesis
The following thesis is a consideration of the engineering features involved in the substitution of electric for steam locomotives for handling trains over Raton Mountain, in the First District of the New Mexico Division, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The present conditions include a double track from Trinidad, to Baton, New Mexico, a distance of 23 miles over the Raton range of mountains. As shown in the profile map, Figure the grade averages 2% from Trinidad to Gallinas, a distance of miles, the worst condition being met in a 10 degree curve on grade. From Gallinas to the State line miles), the grade is practically and with several 10 degree curves on the grade.
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