ELECTRIFICATION PROTOTYPE

New coal-hauling Ohio industrial railroad uses commercial-frequency, high-voltage system; electric railroad was built by coal-producing subsidiary of American Electric Power System to link major surface mining operation with newly expanded Muskingum River generating station of Ohio Power; 25,000-v, 56-cycle electrification makes it unnecessary to have special railroad transmission lines; rectifier locomotive weighs 402,000 lb and has continuous tractive effort of 82,300 lb; car configuration was chosen to assure stability in operation.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • Houser, F N
• Publication Date: 1968-11-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-20A-D
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 165
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric locomotives; Electric power supply; Railroad electrification; Unit trains
• Old TRIS Terms: Muskingum electric railroad
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043014
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 1973 12:00AM