• DocumentCode
    1454520
  • Title

    Progress in design of diesel-electric switchers

  • Author

    Barrell, R. W.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Erie, Pa.
  • Volume
    71
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1952
  • Firstpage
    883
  • Lastpage
    883
  • Abstract
    THE MODERN INDUSTRIAL switching locomotive had its beginning some 60 years ago. At first it was just electric — the diesel-electric offshoot not appearing until 1925. Fundamentally it is still electric, only its source of power is different.
  • Keywords
    Batteries; Engines; Generators; Maintenance engineering; Switches; Traction motors; Windings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1952.6437726
  • Filename
    6437726