OHIO ELECTRIC LINE TESTS NEW TECHNIQUES

Advantages and economy of 60-cycle, h-v electrification of latest technology for railroad electification was completed in southeastern Ohio; primarily new Muskingum Electric Railroad was built for transporting coal from surface mining operation 15 mi to conveyors supplying newly expanded generating station of Ohio Power Co. on Muskingum River; railroad is designed to transport minimum of 3.5 million tons of coal annually; basic cycle involves two 15-car trains traveling over single-track line and transporting average of 18,000 tons of coal daily with six trips of each train.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1968-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-21
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 142
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad electrification; Unit trains
• Old TRIS Terms: Muskingum electric railroad
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043009
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 1973 12:00AM