Historical development of electric railway systems in United States up to present time is described; railway electrification reached its peak during 1930's; with advent of diesel and diesel-electric locomotives, it declined markedly from peak of more than 4000 km of electrified trackage to about 2900 km in 1966; railway systems such as Pennsylvania, New York, New Haven and Hartford, New York Central, and Milwaukee Road are discussed.


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    Title :

    Railroad electrification -- Past, present, and future


    Additional title:

    IEEE -- Spectrum


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    IEEE Spectrum ; 5 , n 7


    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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