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Identifier: reportonalternat00rich (find matches)
Title: A report on the alternating current, single phase, interurban railway line between Bloomington and Peoria
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Richards, Percy McClure
Subjects: Street-railroads Railroads Theses
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Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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S March /306 Figure 19 V Genera/ Efectr/c. Co.Eng/neer/ng Dept. /?crf/way MotorCnar&cCerist/c A/oJ37 i %\ \ « I < ?5 b u s % « ■J 40 leoo 38 /soo 36 1400 34 1300 32 /200 30 //oo /oo 28 /ooo so 26 300 80 24 800 70 22 700 60 20 6O0 SO /e 500 40 J6 40O 30 14 300 1° 12 200 /O /O /OO 0 8 0 0E/I-605-A Pai/way motorCharacter-istic CurvesAlternating current 25ct/c/es 250voltsDiameter of wheels 33P/nfon 17, Gear 73, Patio 4.3Fields m Multiple V ■mm X f Power factor ~ Motorefft Met Eff „;uiS§, 140 180 220Amperes 5 March IS06 figure 20
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-24- stated here that the motor has been one of the greatest sourcesof trouble with this equipment, and the locomotive has been al-most a complete failure, X,- THE CONTROL. The control used is Sprague-General Electric MultipleUnit Control for alternating and direct current operation. Thiscontrol is similar to the type M control for direct current oper-ation, the essential difference being the addition of the A.C.contractors and connections and the necessary appliances forchanging from the one current to the other without interferingwith the motion of the car. There is the usual master controllerthe train line, the direct current resistance grids and the con-tractors. The master controller used is of the same shape andappearance as the ordinarjr city car controllerj hut it is smallerand is provided with a dead man release. While this controllertakes its current from the trolley it is so built that no heavycurrents are allowed to pass it and it is protected by fuses* The contractors are

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  • bookid:reportonalternat00rich
  • bookyear:1909
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Richards__Percy_McClure
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Theses
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • booksponsor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • bookleafnumber:96
  • bookcollection:university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign
  • bookcollection:americana
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