• DocumentCode
    1372511
  • Title

    Virginian railway motor-generator electric locomotive maintenance costs

  • Author

    Perkinson, T. F.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
  • Volume
    79
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1960
  • fDate
    3/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    33
  • Lastpage
    35
  • Abstract
    AN OUTSTANDING advantage of electric traction for heavy mainline railroading is the lower maintenance costs realized with electric locomotives in comparison with other forms of motive power such as the steam locomotive or the diesel-electric. This attribute is virtually self-evident when it is considered that the electric locomotive is essentially a converter of energy, and is not burdened with power generators as are the self-contained types of motive power.
  • Keywords
    Heat engines; Heat transfer; Loss measurement; Maintenance engineering; Rail transportation; Resistance heating;
  • 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.1960.6371635
  • Filename
    6371635
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1372511