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Re: what do you mean by Underruning 3rd rail? (was LIRR ESA) |
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Posted by Rail Blue on Tue May 23 14:42:19 2006, in response to Re: what do you mean by Underruning 3rd rail? (was LIRR ESA), posted by Fytton on Tue May 23 10:46:47 2006. And Southern EMUs are always at least two cars (married pairs in NYC parlance) and more commonly 3,4,5 or 6 cars.And often 8 (especially on the Western Section), or 10 or 12 on a few lines. Electric loco-hauled passenger trains on the Southern Electric system were always pretty rare - mostly only Dover boat trains that I can think of. Gatwick Express until recently. Class 73 (with a spare diesel engine particularly useful for the crossovers north of Gatwick Airport) + a bunch of MkII stock + a MkI luggage van (which also had shoes). Incidentally the Southern system has an uncovered third rail with level crossings (grade crossings), and the third rail gaps are not even all that long even there! But there are baffles to stop you walking onto the track. |
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