ELECTRIC TRAIN'S THROUGH THE ALPS 



Since the St. Gothard Railway exchanged steam for electric traction the passage of the p-mile tunnel through the Alps has been 

 rendered a much more speedy and comfortable business. The locomotive emerging from the tunnel is a Brown-Boveri with four 450 

 horse-power motors. It is able to haul a 3oo-ton train up a grade of i in 38 at speeds up to 30 miles an hour, and to develop 2,500 

 horse-power for short periods. Traffic through the Simplon Tunnel, 12 miles long, has been worked electrically since shortly after the 

 completion of the tunnel in 1906. 



