First electric train in world to be fitted experimentally with germanium rectifier, for converting a-c current from overhead wire to d-c for driving traction motors; project forms part of experimental program being carried out by British Railways on Lancaster-Morecambe-Heysham line.
Germanium rectifiers for railway electrification
Direct Current
Direct Current ; 2 , n 8
1956
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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