Electric locomotives and catenary power systems - Part 1: basic functions

The high-speed all-electric railroad locomotive uses a catenary-wire system and pantograph power-transfer arrangement, which appears to violate good engineering practice and should not work. Still, it does, transferring hundreds of amps via a contact point moving at over 100 miles/hour.: There are four ways to power a railroad locomotive: via a steam engine (with a […] The post Electric locomotives and catenary power systems - Part 1: basic functions appeared first on Electrical Engineering Ne...