Power costs, investment costs, fixed charges, maintenance costs, and other operating costs of both diesel electric and electric operation are compared; stress is laid on greater rise in maintenance costs, with age, of diesel electric than those of electric locomotive. (See also - discussion p 45-51)
Reappraisal of economics of railway electrification: How, when, and where can it compete with diesel-electric locomotive?
Am Inst Elec Engrs -- Trans (Applications Industry)
American Institute of Electrical Engineers -- Publication ; 73 , Part 2, n 11
1954
11 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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