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Article #116Re: Cheap dual mode electrification
From: Scott Moore
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 00:00
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Joel Rubin wrote: > I believe that the Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth. "Blue Line" switches > from third-rail to overhead trolley at Airport station. The Blue Line uses catenary from Airport to Wonderland (what a destination!) and the cars are equipped with pantographs (though work equipment had/has poles!). Reportedly, this was done to reduce the possibility of ice building up in the third rail in winter - mostly due to the proximity of the line to the ocean. Scott Moore The New England Transportation Site http://members.aol.com/netransit
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112ce4,3dcc85a9a2ce0329 X-Google-Attributes: gid112ce4,public X-Google-Thread: fd3ff,de043cb44adf2c0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd3ff,public X-Google-Thread: 101735,3dcc85a9a2ce0329 X-Google-Attributes: gid101735,public X-Google-Thread: 10ca13,3dcc85a9a2ce0329 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ca13,public From: Scott Moore <scmoore@lynx.neu.edu> Subject: Re: Cheap dual mode electrification Date: 1996/08/09 Message-ID: <320BB00C.5146@lynx.neu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 173212445 references: <31e78b2a.27255267@news.eclipse.net> <4se0la$t6a@nntp208.reach.com> <4seecl$eak@catapult.gatech.edu> <31ed740a.690956@news.eclipse.net> <Pine.OSF.3.91.960718125736.14982A-100000@alpha.fdu.edu> <AE1CD377966894FAFA@ts13-22.upenn.edu> <4tf6ha$576@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <320351ec.47462999@News-beta.TIAC.NET> <4u6n18$a1s@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <4uai1h$cue@sjx-ixn2.ix.netcom.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Northeastern University mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: scmoore@lynx.neu.edu newsgroups: nyc.transit,ba.transportation,misc.transport.urban-transit,misc.transport.rail.americas x-mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC)