Pennsylvania and Reading, using 11,000-volt., 25-cycle a.c. system are outstanding for fact that initial suburban electrification is integral part of extensive project in main-line electrification; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western is initial suburban project in United States to utilize 3000-volt d.c. system for multiple-unit cars and is first steam-railroad operation of any magnitude in world to rely entirely on 3000-volt mercury-arc rectifiers as conversion units; curves and tables showing economy of operation. Before New York Railroad Club.
Railroad electrification brings economies
Elec. World
Electrical World ; 97 , n 3
1931
3 pages
3 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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