New tractive system using current at 25 kv, 50 cycles per sec a-c, allows railway to use general power network and thus secures considerable savings; engines are total adhesion locomotives of type Bo-Bo; each weighs about 70 tons and has continuous rating of 2500 hp at 65 km per hr; trains are reversible.


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    Title :

    Portuguese Railway electrification


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 203 , n 5270


    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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