DocumentCode
1370139
Title
The Pennsylvania Railroad ignitron-rectifier locomotive
Author
Whittaker, C. C. ; Hutchison, W. M.
Author_Institution
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Volume
71
Issue
1
fYear
1952
Firstpage
37
Lastpage
47
Abstract
Continued and intensive developments in perfecting the ignitron rectifier for broad application in the industrial and power fields revived interest recently in using it for railway work. Extensive tests in the laboratory and on an experimental railway car have demonstrated that a locomotive using ignitron rectifiers offered promise in combining the best features of the a-c and d-c electrification systems. The features of two such locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad are described in the following paragraphs.
Keywords
Anodes; Circuit breakers; DC motors; Electron tubes; Induction motors; Rectifiers; 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.1952.6371239
Filename
6371239
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