• DocumentCode
    1424050
  • Title

    Economic trends make railroad electrification inevitable

  • Author

    Curtis, L. B.

  • Author_Institution
    Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia, Pa
  • Volume
    79
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1960
  • fDate
    5/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    394
  • Lastpage
    398
  • Abstract
    A survey of the economic and other factors that make electrification more desirable than the present diesel-electric system. An early revival of electrification in North America is predicted.
  • Keywords
    Companies; Economics; Electricity; Maintenance engineering; Materials; Rail transportation; Standards;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1960.6432606
  • Filename
    6432606