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Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by ElectricTraction on Mon Feb 16 18:34:39 2015, in response to Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by R30A on Sat Feb 14 20:57:58 2015. I don't think it makes sense to convert LIRR to overhead wire. The costs would be astronomical... for what? Maybe, if they wanted to put up with two different fleets for a while, they could use 25kV/60 in new electrification and convert the first part of the Port Jeff line, and purchase all new cars as M-8's, but even that seems like an unnecessarily expensive way of doing things.The Hudson, OTOH, makes 100% sense to convert to 25kV/60 from NYP to ALB. Oh, and Amtrak's NEC from NYP to WAS should be converted from 11kV/25 to 12.5kV/60, but that's another story for another day. |
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