OVERHEAD CONTACT-WIRE SYSTEMS AND CONDUCTOR RAILS

FAHRLEITUNGEN UND STROMSCHIENEN

Overhead contact wires and conductor rails serve to transmit power from the supply point to the vehicle. Owing to the constant demand for higher speeds, they are in a permanent state of further development. The authors describe this, review the systems most commonly employed today and give details of modern construction methods.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Special Issue, Bahntechnik.
• Corporate Authors:

  Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

  Postfach 3240
  8520 Erlangen,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • FISCHER, R
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 76-78
• Serial:
  • Siemens Review
  • Volume: 45
  • Publisher: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Catenaries (Railroads); High speed rail; Railroad electrification; Technology; Third rail
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047503
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1976 12:00AM