• How the voltage is chosen
• Overhead wires - their properties (Including wire tables & sample calculations)
• A.C. or D.C.?
• Current collection devices
• Voltage drop in trackwork
• Rail bonding
• Leakage currents and electrolytic corrosion
• Track curves and spirals
• Track elevation
• Track heating
• Rail guidance

Historical information on DC systems

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