• DocumentCode
    1292372
  • Title

    Railways ¿ are steam-turbine-electrics a viable proposition?

  • Author

    Duffy, M.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Sunderland Polytechnic, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sunderland, UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    11.12
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    898
  • Lastpage
    903
  • Abstract
    Since 1893 there have been six major attempts to develop a steam-electric locomotive, five using a turbine. All attempts ended in failure and there would appear to be no useful role to be played by a modernised steam-electric concept.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics and Power
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5127
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ep.1980.0455
  • Filename
    5197958
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1292372