ELECTRIC TRACTION DEVELOPMENT BOOSTS ECONOMY AND RELIABILITY

By 1975 USSR Railways operated 38,103 route-km of electrification with 2,000 km handling over 100 million net tons annually. After 50 years of progressive electri- fication, the pace of technical innovation is faster than ever, and the reliability of equipment has greatly improved in the past decade. Auto-transformer feeding on AC lines and the use of 6 kV DC are now seen as essential if 10,000-ton trains are to become general. Experience has shown that electrified lines, using either AC or DC, can cope with a considerably greater volume of freight traffic than was previously supposed, and technical developments described allow for further increase in line capacity.

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• Authors:
  • Serdinov, S M
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 453-457
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autotransformers; Railroad electrification; Railroads
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129431
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 1976 12:00AM