Design of 5040 hp electric locomotives for fast freight and passenger work for Swiss Federal Railways; locomotives are fitted with a-c series motors, and speed control is by h-v tap changing using electronic impulse system; tap changer with its air motor is mounted directly on oil cooled transformer in center of machinery compartment; truck frame has no central transom and is supported by coil springs on lateral arms of axleboxes.
High-power units for Switzerland
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 120 , n 3
1964
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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