Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 1919
Date 19-Jun
Volume 40
Issue 947
Page 493
Category Railway
Part
Title Electric Railways: Alternating and Direct Current Systems Explained
Author "Calculus"
Notes Historical, Davidson's electric locomotive, about 1842, the advantages of electrification, the direct current system, method of feeding a short line, trolley wire reinforced, feeding sectional conatct conductors, the high tension direct current system, direct current railway system with high-tension three-phase transmission, rotary converter sub-stations for direct current railway, three-phase system, a simple rotary converter, mesh connections for transformers, 3-phase with high-tension transmission