No. 10 (2025): Issue № 10
On the Cover – An electric tram designed by F. A. Pirotsky.
Source: Russkiy invalid – in Russ. (Russian Invalid), 1880, Sep. 16, No. 204, pp. 2.
145 years ago, in 1880, in St. Petersburg, Russian engineer-inventor, staff Captain Fyodor Apollonovich Pirotsky conducted tests of Russia's first electric tram. A DC voltage of 100 V was supplied to the motor via rails. The path was only 85 m long. The car was moving at a speed of 10–12 km/h.
Published:
2025-11-12
