4400-hp GE locomotive for Pennsylvania Railroad features transmission of alternating current in its 11,000-v, 25-cycle catenary distribution system; advantages of air-cooled silicon rectifiers compared with ignitron rectifiers include reduction in space required on locomotive for power conversion equipment and elimination of water-cooling and firing circuits required for mercury-arc tubes.


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    Title :

    PRR's first silicon rectifier locomotive


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 153 , n 3-4


    Publication date :

    1962


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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