1. Analysis of the degree of sparkling of certain commutator plates of electric machines by the photo-stroboscopic method

   • A. A. Mironov
   • R. Kh. Saifutdinov

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 59 - 61

2. Experimental evaluation of sustainable functioning of overhead wire relay protection at traction substations of the Far Eastern Railway

   • P. S. Pinchukov

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 62 - 64

3. Determination of criteria to find the quality of an electrical connection

   • I. V. Ignatenko
   • S. A. Vlasenko

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 65 - 67

4. Emergency operation processes in the thyristor rectifier of an alernating current electric locomotive

   • S. V. Vlas’evskii
   • O. V. Mel’nichenko
   • O. A. Malysheva

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 68 - 72

5. A method for improving the energy efficiency of an alternating current electric locomotive in the regenerative braking mode

   • E. V. Bunyaeva
   • V. G. Skorik
   • D. S. Fokin

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 73 - 76

6. Determination of thermal softening of overhead wire exposed to an electric arc effect

   • V. N. Li
   • S. V. Klimenko

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 77 - 79

7. A method of diagnosing reversible converters of alternating current electric locomotives

   • L. V. Buzmakova
   • S. V. Vlas’evskii
   • S. Z. Ovseichik

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 80 - 83

8. Application of an extreme control system to operate the reactive power compensator of an electric locomotive

   • Yu. M. Kulinich
   • S. A. Shukharev

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 84 - 86

9. A ferromagnetic mass flow technique inside a cylindrical surface

   • L. V. Yushchenko

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 87 - 89

10. Research and development of conversion of direct current voltage to the quasi-sinusoidal voltage with pulse-width modulation

    • A. V. Gulyaev
    • D. S. Fokin
    • S. A. Shukharev

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 90 - 92

11. Simulating the operation of auxiliary machines of a 2(3)ES5K locomotive

    • A. V. Gulyaev
    • E. E. Ten
    • S. A. Shukharev

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 93 - 96

12. On the method of determining optimal electricity consumption from an electric traction network

    • V. N. Li
    • N. K. Shnurova

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 97 - 99

13. Increasing the operating life of power transformer winding insulation when upgrading 25-kV alternating current traction substations

    • N. P. Grigor’ev
    • A. V. Voprikov
    • A. P. Parfianovich

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 100 - 103

14. Determination of the transmission capacity of a 500-kV line equipped with flexible electric power transmission devices

    • I. V. Ignatenko
    • A. M. Konstantinov
    • L. S. Demina

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 104 - 106

15. An automated monitoring system as an instrument of lean production of a traction power supply system

    • S. I. Makasheva

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 107 - 109

16. Synchronous phase measurements in the automated monitoring system of railway power supply facilities

    • E. Yu. Tryapkin
    • M. Yu. Keino
    • F. A. Protasov

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 110 - 112

17. Increasing the power efficiency of a 25-kV alternating current traction power supply system

    • N. P. Grigor’ev
    • M. S. Klykov
    • V. I. Shestukhina

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 113 - 115

18. Measurements of armature current in the brush collector unit of a direct current motor during the commutation period

    • I. A. Troshin

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2016 Pages: 116 - 118