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Title: Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others ..
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Burch, Edward P. (Edward Parris), 1870-1945
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: New York (etc.) McGraw-Hill Book Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Fig. 9.3.—New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Locomotive, 1908. Motors consist of four, GE-84-A, gearless, 600-volt units per loco-motive, rated 762 amperes each on the 1-hour rating. The acceleratingcurrent is 830 amperes. The locomotive rating is 2200 h. p. at 40 m. p. h. 314 ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAILWAY TRAINS and 20,500 pounds tractive effort with 44-incli drivers. The continuousrating is given as 1166 h.p. by Sprague, 1200 h.p. by Hutchinson, and920 h. p. by Gibbs. Forced ventilation is not yet used.
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Fig. 94.—New York Central, & Hudson River Railroad Locomotive, 1906. The armature is placed directly upon the axle. The magnetic frames, carryingtwo pole pieces per motor, are part of the truck frame. The poles have nearlyvertical faces and the armature has a large free vertical movement in a practicallyuniform clearance, without striking the poles.

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