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Posted by steamdriven on Sat Feb 7 09:22:40 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Feb 7 09:01:12 2015. Ignoring whether or not catenary is better, how hard is it to add a pantograph, a transformer and rectifiers to a 3rd rail car? It does add weight, unless a lightweight transformer has been invented. The cars weighs 50 tons to begin with, another few thousand pounds isn't much difference.With the wire overhead, the dingdongs in charge would have one less excuse to cut service when there's a few snowflakes. A yard of snow didn't seem to both this train, led by an ordinary commodity engine. http://videowall.accuweather.com/detail/videos/top-videos/video/4036353855001/train-barrels-through-massive-mounds-of-snow?autoStart=true |
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