105 locomotives ordered by French railroads for Valenciennes-Thionville Line; 85 of them of Co-Co type and remainder Bo-Bo; four different methods employed for electrical conversion between 22,500-v single phase 50-cycle overhead wire and driving motors; line is 170 mi long; heavy mineral trains form large portion of traffic; max speed 37 mph for Co-Co, 65 and 75 mph for Bo-Bo for mixed traffic work. (see also - discussion p 328-335; abstract in Engineering v 178 n 4614 July 2 1954 p 16-7)


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    Title :

    Electric locomotives on Valenciennes-Thionville line


    Additional title:

    Instn Elec Engrs -- Proc (General)


    Contributors:
    Nouvion, F. (author)


    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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