MODULAR CONTROLS FOR 1972 EMD UNITS
How reliability and maintainability were improved in the locomotive field, with Electro-Motive Div. of General Motors modular electrical control systems in its 1972 models. Seventeen different control circuits were designed in module form for easy plug-in in an all-new high-voltage electrical cabinet for the yet-to-be-bult units.
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Corporate Authors:
Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
P.O. Box 350
Bristol, CT United States 06010 - Publication Date: 1971-9
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 17-19
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Serial:
- Railway Locomotives and Cars
- Volume: 145
- Issue Number: 9
- Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Control devices; Diesel electric locomotives; Locomotives; Reliability
- Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive controls
- Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00050377
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 24 1976 12:00AM