Electric Railways and Tramways, their Construction and Operation : A Practical Handbook (Paperback)

Note; 1. Introductory and general; 2. Permanent way; 3. The return circuit; 4. The return circuit (cont.); 5. Elevated conductor construction; 6. Erection of the trolley wire; 7. Erection of the trolley wire (cont.); 8. Motors; 9. Speed regulators; 10. Car wiring and equipment; 11. Motor trucks; 12. Car construction; 13. Car wheels and brakes; 14. The trolley; 15. The power house; 16. Generators; 17. Switchboards; 18. Central stations; 19. The West End Street Railway Company of Boston, Mass., USA; 20. Chicago City Railway; 21. City and Suburban Railway Company, Baltimore; 22. Long distance power transmissions; 23. Electric railway locomotives; 24. Electric main line railways; 25. British electric railways; 26. Combined light and power plant; 27. Open conduit systems; 28. Surface contact systems; 29. Storage batteries as applied to traction purposes; 30. Specifications; 31. Accounts and their classification; 32. The management of electric lines; 33. Organisation, discipline and rules; 34. Efficiency, maintenance and depreciation; 35. Statistics and working expenses; Appendix; Index.