DocumentCode
1357311
Title
The financial return on railway electrification ¿ An approximate method for its determination
Author
Brown, H. F. ; Marmaros, H. E.
Author_Institution
Gibbs & Hill, Inc., New York, N. Y.
Volume
77
Issue
3
fYear
1958
fDate
7/1/1958 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
163
Lastpage
167
Abstract
IN THE PAST, railway electrification was applied in the United States to overcome limitations or difficulties generally involved with steam locomotive operation. Today, electrification when it is to be applied, must justify itself economically in comparison with diesel electric operation which has already largely superseded steam operation.
Keywords
Economics; Fuels; Investments; Maintenance engineering; Rails; Railway electrification;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part II: Applications and Industry, Transactions of the
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0097-2185
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAI.1958.6369024
Filename
6369024
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