This highly illustrated 1897 handbook by a leading electrical engineer offers unique insights into the earliest days of electric locomotion.

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Excerpt from Electric Railways and Tramways, Their Construction and Operation: A Practical Handbook Setting Forth at Length the Modern Application of Electricity as a Motive Power for Railways and Tramways This belief is greatly strengthened by the general interest shown in the series of articles on Electric Traction which have appeared in the columns of Engineering since January, 1895. These articles form the basis of the present book, but the descriptive and statistical matter has been most thoroughly revised and brought up to date, and recent developments have been carefully noted. Of the importance of the subject there can be no doubt. Electrical motive power has during the past few years made most astonishing progress. In the United States and Canada it has already practically superseded every other means of tramway and light railway traction. Upon the Continent of Europe a similar movement has now assumed substantial proportions. In many of the Colonies electric lines are in operation or under construction. In Great Britain a number of electric railways and tramways are running with most satisfactory results, and a widespread interest is taken in the extension of tramway and light railway services. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.