Automatic substation equipment for extensions to previously electrified main line between Glencoe and Pietermaritzburg; trains are fed at 3000 volts d.c. from overhead contact lines and principle of regenerative braking is adopted on certain favorable down grades; high-speed circuit breakers; control apparatus associated with each unit independent of any others; field rheostats; protective devices. (See also Elec. Times vol. 73, 1900 pp. 434-437, 8 figs)
South Africa railways
S. African Eng
South African Engineer ; 39 , n 5
1928
4 pages
3 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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