DocumentCode
1453079
Title
Pennsylvania railroad ignitron rectifier locomotive
Author
Whittaker, C. C. ; Hutchison, W. M.
Author_Institution
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Volume
71
Issue
5
fYear
1952
fDate
5/1/1952 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
432
Lastpage
437
Abstract
Extensive tests in the laboratory and on an experimental railway car have demonstrated that a locomotive using ignitron rectifiers offered promise in combining the best features of the a-c and d-c electrification systems. Two such locomotives have been built for the Pennsylvania Railroad; one, the 2 (B-B-B), is shown above.
Keywords
Anodes; Circuit breakers; DC motors; Electron tubes; Induction motors; Rectifiers; Traction motors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0095-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/EE.1952.6437481
Filename
6437481
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