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Posted by WillD on Tue Sep 9 01:00:45 2008, in response to Re: GM10B (Re: Early Conrail), posted by trainsarefun on Sun Sep 7 23:47:03 2008. Just for the sake of posting some other fun info:The Black Mesa and Lake Powell used 50kv 60hz power from its inception in the 1970s. Chances are if BN, UP, or ATSF had electrified their installations would look similar to this:    There also was the Tumbler Ridge branch in British Columbia and operated by British Columbia Rail which ran a 50kv 60hz operation up into the 1990s. It was installed in the early 1980s to move export coal from the Canadian Rockies down to Vancouver for transhipment to Japan. Tunnels on the Tumbler Ridge branch made it difficult to operate diesel helpers on heavily laden coal trains, so the line was electrified. The design of the catenary and such is notably more European (actually very similar pole design to contemporary German installations) than the BM&LP's wooden poles and simpler span poles. The GF6C locomotives used on the BCR electrification were likely quite similar to the earlier GM6C, especially in their relation to the SD locomotives and the use of Asea components.    Railpictures.net GF6C photos There's also an IEEE article on the GF6C from the May/June 1986 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications. It appears to answer many of the questions relating to the GM6C as well, assuming the two are closely related. However, it doesn't answer many questions about the GM10B, but I think Bill West covered that quite sufficiently. A direct link to the .pdf Link to IEEE Xplore site Click on "Full Text" in the upper lefthand corner. |
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