• DocumentCode
    1347131
  • Title

    The case for a standard system of railroad electrification for the american railroads

  • Author

    Perkinson, T. F.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
  • Volume
    76
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1957
  • fDate
    7/1/1957 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    101
  • Lastpage
    105
  • Abstract
    FOR MANY YEARS electric-traction engineers have been aware of the advantages that would accrue with system standardization in the heavy electric-traction field, but for various reasons the recognition of a uniform contact system as a standard for mainline electrification is as yet a goal to be attained.
  • Keywords
    AC motors; DC motors; Materials; Rectifiers; Standards; Traction motors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part II: Applications and Industry, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0097-2185
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAI.1957.6367211
  • Filename
    6367211