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Identifier: electricrailway571921newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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1— Some 750-volt, direct-curreni trolley construction on BerninaBahn. 2— 11,000-volt trolley over turntable in roundhouse. Landquart,Rhatische Bahn. 3— 11.000-volt switch in roundhouse at Landquart, connectingacross section break shown in the following fignare. 4— 11,000-volt trolley anchor and section break at roundhousedoor. ,5—15,000-volt, single-phase locomotive and yards at Sp.iez,Lotschberg Railway. 6 — 11,000-volt, single-phase trolley construction at station,Rhatische Balm. 7— ■ 1.5,000-volt, single-phase trolley construction at Biasca,St. Gotthard Line. „or 8— Hvdraulic power plant at Kandergrund, which under 9»5-rt.head generates 15,000-volt, 15-cycle, single-phase power. June 11, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 1069 Railway Electrification in Europe By J. V. DOBSON and F. E. WYNNE-
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A 250-HP., 5,000-VOLT, 20-CYCLE, SINGLE-PHASIi LOCOilOlIVE ON THE LOCARNO-PONTELiKOLLO-BlGNASCO RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND The Authors, Recently Returned from a First-Hand Study of Transportation Conditions in Englandand on the Continent, Have Set Down Their Impressions of Present Practices andTendencies in This Field—They Summarize the Points of Differ-ence Between American and European Railway Usage A FEW months ago the writers had occasion to makea trip through the European countries in whichrailroad electrification has made substantialprogress or in which there is a promising field fordevelopment in this line. In the course of their travels,covering a period of two months or more, they visitedEngland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Italyand France. Some observations made on the tour areset down in the paragraphs below. Before taking up indetail the conditions noted in the several countries re-spectively, a summary of some of the points of noveltyin railway practice, considering

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  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
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  • bookleafnumber:1092
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