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The document summarizes the advantages of using pulse converters and induction motors rather than DC motors for traction applications on railways. It discusses how early railway electrification used tap-changing transformers and DC traction motors, but advances in power electronics now allow using pulse converters and variable frequency drives to power induction motors. Pulse converters can operate at near unity power factor and improve the harmonic content of the traction current compared to controlled rec

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