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.
Rectifier railway car -- A-c supplied, d-c driven
Westinghouse Engr
Westinghouse Engineer ; 9 , n 6
1949
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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