Account of installation and equipment of new electrified lines of Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway at Bombay; electric energy is generated by Tata group of hydroelectric stations in Western Ghats, as 3-phase current, at periodicity of 50 cycles, transmission from power stations to receiving station being effected at pressure of 110,000 volts and retransmitted to substations at 22,000 volts between phases; substations convert this into direct current at normal pressures of 1500 volts, which is then fed into overhead system; rolling stock; control gear. (See also Elec. Times vol. 74, 1922 pp. 245-246, 4 figs; Times Trade and Eng. Supp., vol. 21, no. 497, Jan. 14, 1928, p. 436; Elec. Rev., vol. 102, no. 2619, Feb. 3, 1928, pp. 180-181, 2 figs.; World Power, vol. 9, nos. 53 and 54, May and June, 1928, pp. 297-300 and 363-364, 7 figs.; Elecn., vol. 100, no. 2593 and 2599, Feb. 10 and Mar. 23, 1928, pp. 157-158 and 329-330, 6 figs.; and Ry. Eng., vol. 49, no. 587, Dec. 1928, pp. 458-462 and 464, 9 figs)


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    Title :

    Bombay, Baroda and Central India railway electrification


    Additional title:

    Ry. Gaz.


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    3 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English