Abridgment of arrangements of feeders and equipment for electrified railways

This paper outlines the general requirements governing arrangements of distribution system and substation equipment for electrified railways. By way of illustration, it presents a general description of the conversion and distribution facilities as recently installed in the electrification of the New York Connecting Railroad-Long Island Railroad to Bay Ridge, and in the electrification, now nearing completion, of the Philadelphia-Wilmington and West Chester lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad.