Locomotives are of split-phase type; single-phase power is changed into 3-phase power by means of main transformer and rotating machine, called phase converter, whence it is fed to main traction motors. Three units coupled, 152 ft. long, weighing 1,276,000 lb., with 277,500 tractive power; under construction by Westinghouse Elec. and Mfg. Co. See also Railroad Herald, vol. 29, no. 7, July 1925, pp. 20-24, 3 figs; Ry. Jl., vol. 31, no. 7, July 1925, pp. 23-25, 4 figs and Ry. Rev., vol. 76, no. 21, May 23, 1925, pp. 935-937, 2 figs.
The first Virginian electric locomotive
Ry. Locomotive Eng
Railway and Locomotive Engineering ; 38 , n 6
1925
3 pages
3 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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