by MACTRAXX
Dcell wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:19 pm NJTransit this spring is scheduled to receive the first powered and unpowered bi-level coaches it ordered a few years ago. Could SEPTA order this equipment? Some allege these cars have clearance issues with some overpasses on SEPTA's system. True?D: Clearance issues for SEPTA first and foremost is the height of the catenary wires
above the cars in question - which MUST have enough clearance to avoid any possibility of
an AC “flash over” to the roofs of equipment which can be a dangerous problem…
The low wire between 30th Street Station Upper and the Suburban Station tunnel portal
is the best example of an overhead clearance trouble spot on SEPTA Regional Rail…
One example I recall occurred back in 1993 during “Railworks” when SEPTA was planning
to lease Amtrak F40PH 413 -a former GO Transit unit used in commuter service-to provide
through trains to 30th Street Upper from West Trenton and/or Doylestown during the RDG
trunk construction outage…During a clearance test in this same area they “shot the line”
knocking out power to this key track segment returning #413 promptly to Amtrak…
SEPTA decided on using leased NJT U34CH locomotives for this alternate service…
MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS