The Napa Valley Route: Electric Trains & SteamersInterurbans, 1975 - 575 pages |
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Page 40
... motor was admirably suited for such work ; further , no AC motor had proven successful up to 1902 to compete with it . Essentially a variable speed machine , this type of DC motor reacted promptly to speed changes . As a result , DC motors ...
... motor was admirably suited for such work ; further , no AC motor had proven successful up to 1902 to compete with it . Essentially a variable speed machine , this type of DC motor reacted promptly to speed changes . As a result , DC motors ...
Page 67
... motor and generator machines arrived from the east in late June and was immediately set in place in the Napa substation . The 580 - hp motor and the 400 - kw generator were found to run smoothly and satis- factorily in all particulars ...
... motor and generator machines arrived from the east in late June and was immediately set in place in the Napa substation . The 580 - hp motor and the 400 - kw generator were found to run smoothly and satis- factorily in all particulars ...
Page 233
... motor category by the addition of a new steel express car ordered from McGuire - Cummings Car Co. in 1922 . The new car replaced the Niles box motor , even to the extent of taking its number . Off old car 100 came its trucks , motors ...
... motor category by the addition of a new steel express car ordered from McGuire - Cummings Car Co. in 1922 . The new car replaced the Niles box motor , even to the extent of taking its number . Off old car 100 came its trucks , motors ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 6 |
SETTING THE SCENE | 7 |
THE VALLEJO BENICIA NAPA VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY | 25 |
Copyright | |
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