Electric power supply system for railway train

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A railway system including a track and a train adapted to run on the track. A power feed line comprising a series of feed sections is provided to extend along the track. A plurality of stations are provided along the track and the station has a power supply unit adapted to be selectively connected with one of the feed sections to supply a controlled three-phase AC power to the feed section to thereby operate the train on that feed section in a desired mode. The train has a pair of collecting shoes which are connected with the tracting motor in parallel with each other and arranged with a space in a longitudinal direction of the train. In the station, there is an insulated junction between …