Discusses reasons which led to choice of d.c. system with 1,500 volts at contact wire; describes electrified sections of Imperial Government Railways (1.07-m. gage); mountain line 11 km. in length over Usui Pass with gradients of 67 per cent and occasional rack sections; Tokyo suburban lines and Tokaido line; particulars of track equipment, converter stations, transmission lines, power plants, locomotives, etc.
Railway electrification in Japan
World Power Conference, Sect. Basel -- Advance Paper
World Power Conference Section Basel -- Meeting ; 1926 Japan
1926
10 pages
1 Fig.
Conference paper
English
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