Category: Engineering & Technology
The general name “electric railway” is applied to all railways employing _electric motors_ to supply power for the propulsion of cars. On all electric railways in commercial use to-day, the electric motor is used to furnish power to the driving wheels of the car or locomotive,...
The general name “electric railway” is applied to all railways employing _electric motors_ to supply power for the propulsion of cars. On all electric railways in commercial use...
2. PART II.=Trolley Wire.= The trolley wire is suspended from the span wires or brackets in such a way as to permit of an uninterrupted passage of an upward pressing trolley wheel undernea...