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Lietzow–Binz Railway
Lietzow and Binz railway is a single track, electrified branch line on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is mainly used by local and long-distance passenger services. Route description The line branches off at the Lietzow (Rügen) station on the Stralsund–Sassnitz railway. It then runs eastward along the northern shore of Kleiner Jasmunder Bodden lagoon. It then swings south and, later, southeast, on a neck of land between the Kleiner Jasmunder Bodden and the Baltic. Parallel to the railway line, between it and the sea, is the four and a half kilometre long complex of Prora. The line ends at the station of Binz at the northern edge of the village. The station is known locally as the "Big Station" (''Großer Bahnhof''), in contrast to the small station in the south of the village. History Until the 1930s there was only an isolated railway network on the island of Rügen. This comprised two standard gauge tracks, the line from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternating Current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction. Alternating current is the form in which electric power is delivered to businesses and residences, and it is the form of electrical energy that consumers typically use when they plug kitchen appliances, televisions, fans and electric lamps into a wall socket. A common source of DC power is a battery cell in a flashlight. The abbreviations ''AC'' and ''DC'' are often used to mean simply ''alternating'' and ''direct'', as when they modify ''current'' or ''voltage''. The usual waveform of alternating current in most electric power circuits is a sine wave, whose positive half-period corresponds with positive direction of the current and vice versa. In certain applications, like guitar amplifiers, different waveforms are used, such as triangular waves or square waves. Audio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
