Title :
The power to move a city: electrification of the New York city subway system
Author :
Lobenstein, Robert W.
Abstract :
Because the subway system is New York´s largest single user of electricity, the way it was planned and built were major factors in the city´s evolution to electrical power. Ever since, the technology of transit electrification and the general electrification of homes and businesses have worked together. Since the subway opened in October 27, 1904, the system has added hundreds of track miles and stations and thousands of subway cars to serve the needs of a far larger city.
Keywords :
boilers; railway electrification; steam turbines; substations; 100000 hp; New York city subway system electrification; distributed high-tension power; massive energy demands; pneumatic pumping stations; power air-operated track switches; reliable steam engine generators; signal semaphores; steam turbines; stop arms; underground signal system; Analog-digital conversion; Cables; Cities and towns; Energy conversion; History; Pistons; Power generation; Power system planning; Rails; Substations;
Journal_Title :
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPAE.2004.1310884
