British Transport Commission. British Railways Electrification Conference London 1960: Railway Electrification at Industrial Frequency - Proceedings

Document, 1960. — http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/. — 503 pages. Document Summary The report of the proceedings of the BR electrification conference in 1960, set up to discuss and present the findings of work on the emerging 25kV 50Hz a.c. electrification system. The report consists of a large number of papers presented by railway engineers and suppliers, covering rolling stock, power supply and distribution equipment, overhead line equipment, control and supervision and signalling immunisation. The report contains numerous photographs, electrical schematics, diagrams, graphs and analysis, and shows the state of the art in 1960.