Announcement made by W. W. Atterbury, president of Pennsylvania Railroad Co., of plans to electrify entire train service between New York City and Wilmington, Del.; project will require expenditure of $100,000,000 and will be completed in 7 or 8 years; overhead construction and not third rail will be used. (See also Elec. Traction, vol. 24, no. 11, Nov. 1928, p. 574; Elec. Ry. Jl., vol. 72, no. 18, Nov. 3, 1928, pp. 806-808, 3 figs.; Ry. Age, vol. 85, no. 18, Nov. 3, 1928, p. 870)


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    Title :

    Pennsylvania railroad to electrify 1300 miles of track


    Additional title:

    Elec. World


    Published in:

    Electrical World ; 92 , n 23


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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