Advantages of d-c over a-c power for railway service; diagram and description of experimental multiple unit railway car, equipped with d-c motors, but with power supplied from a-c lines; four ignitrons convert 25-cycle a-c from 12,000-v overhead trolley to d-c for traction motors.


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    Title :

    Rectifier railway car -- A-c supplied, d-c driven


    Additional title:

    Westinghouse Engr


    Contributors:
    Dodge, R.W. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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