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Re: Any word on the arrival of the first M8s?(Photos) |
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Posted by WillD on Sun Aug 16 20:28:23 2009, in response to Re: Any word on the arrival of the first M8s?(Photos), posted by Dutchrailnut on Sun Aug 16 07:05:50 2009. New haven found out early that overhead third rail and diesel fuel and sparks do not mix well.Sounds like the diesels will have to go. No great loss, never should have been there to begin with. and overhead third rail is useless for push pull. Sure, cause there have been absolutely no improvements to the technology since 1904. The possibility of mounting a sensor and some sort of activation system to obviate the need for the engineer to ascertain his train's position relative to the gap and the overhead third rail is completely out of the question. No wait, that's exactly what the RWE's coal lines outside Köln do with their overhead lines and the supplementary power from the side when the locomotives are under the coal loading chutes. The trains can (but rarely do) operate pull-pull with continuous power and no action on the part of the engineer to raise of lower pantographs upon entering the loading area.  No reason the same system, more than a decade old at this point, could not be used by a multivoltage locomotive in conjunction with overhead third rail to provide push-pull service into and out of NYP without fear of gapping out. |
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