Section of main line being electrified extends from Budapest, distance of 120 mi; it is double track throughout; 50-cycle, 16,000-v single-phase current supplied to each locomotive through oil circuit breaker, passes to phase converter, which transforms it to polyphase power at 1000 v; substation equipment; details of passenger-locomotive design and equipment. (See also Engineer v 155 n 4017 and 4018 Jan 6 1933 p 13-4 and Jan 13 p 48-50; Int Ry Congress Assn -- Bul (English Edition) v 15 n 8 Aug 1933 p 753-62; Locomotive v 39 n 487 Mar 15 1933 p 75-6; World Power v 19 n 110 Feb 1933 p 87-9; and French description in Genie Civil v 102 n 3 Jan 21 1933 p 57-62)


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    Title :

    Hungarian railways electrification


    Additional title:

    Ry Engr


    Published in:

    Railway Engineer ; 54 , n 644


    Publication date :

    1933


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Hungarian railways electrification

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