Electric Railways
by James Raley Cravath
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About this eBook
- Author
- Cravath, James Raley, 1872-1962
- Title
- Electric railways
- Original Publication
- Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1907, pubdate 1908.
- Credits
- deaurider, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TF: Technology: Railroad engineering and operation
- Subject
- Electric railroads
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 75289
- Release Date
- February 4, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Electric Railways
- 2.Foreword
- 3.Table of Contents — PART I.
- 4.CAR EQUIPMENT. — CONTROLLERS. — MULTIPLE-UNIT CONTROL. — CAR HEATERS. — CAR WIRING. — RESISTANCES. — ELECTRIC CAR ACCESSORIES. — TRUCKS.
- 5.CAR CONSTRUCTION. — OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION. — THIRD RAIL. — CONDUIT SYSTEMS. — TRACK CONSTRUCTION. — FEEDER SYSTEMS. — BLOCK SIGNALS FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. — ELECTROLYSIS. — POWER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION. — ALTERNATING-CURRENT SYSTEMS. — OPERATION. — TESTING FOR FAULTS. — LOCATING DEFECTS IN MOTOR AND CONTROLLER WIRING. — OPEN-CIRCUIT TESTS. — SHORT-CIRCUIT TESTS. — ARMATURE TESTS FOR GROUNDS. — FIELD TESTS FOR GROUNDS. — REVERSED FIELDS. — CAR REPAIR SHOPS. — THE SINGLE-PHASE ELECTRIC RAILWAY. — INDEX
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