by Greg Moore
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Amtrak ACS-64 Sprinter Discussion
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by Dookie
ACS 637 just went eastbound past Paoli with a P42 in tow on the front of the Pennsylvanian. ACS pan was up and P42 also had engine running. Was this some kind of test?
by ExCon90
Go to All Things Pennsylvanian, page 19, beginning with the post by Amtrak67; that and subsequent posts about cover it.
by ACeInTheHole
654 has managed to cook its transformer.
by SRich
ExCon90 wrote:Go to All Things Pennsylvanian, page 19, beginning with the post by Amtrak67; that and subsequent posts about cover it.where is that ?
@before me:
How is that happend, cooking an transformer?
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by ExCon90
SRich wrote:That was in response to a question posted by Dookie on March 8 at 3.42 pm.ExCon90 wrote:Go to All Things Pennsylvanian, page 19, beginning with the post by Amtrak67; that and subsequent posts about cover it.where is that ?
by ApproachMedium
Transformers are cooled with oil just like your car engine is cooled with liquid. When that oil goes away, or stops being pumped it overheats and bad things happen. Same thing happens to a transformer.
No good deed goes unpunished.
by F40CFan
ACeInTheHole wrote:654 has managed to cook its transformer.Brings to mind the old saying; "If it could cook, I'd marry it."
"No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously."
by ACeInTheHole
Whatever Sprinter is on 90 has lost its HEP.
by SRich
That is strange, i that the inventers are redundant so if 1 fail, the standby unit could take it over.
@approach
If the cooling fails of the transformer, i guess is should trip....
@approach
If the cooling fails of the transformer, i guess is should trip....
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by DutchRailnut
Hep failure can be many things, and not always the locomotive, a jumper failure is enough to kill HEP.
If Conductors are in charge, why are they promoted to be Engineer???
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by ApproachMedium
If 1 half of the HEP fails the other half is plenty of keep the systems running. If the working half fails, then you have nothing. If the HEP cables loose trainline you can still keep lights on when the train is moving it will just shut down anytime you stop. unless they pull a cable and drag it its pretty tough to just kill HEP on these things.
No good deed goes unpunished.
by ACeInTheHole
https://flic.kr/p/EHciyA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; discuss.
by amtrakhogger
ACeInTheHole wrote:https://flic.kr/p/EHciyA discuss.Said loco was outside shop today sunning itself.
You just shook the hand , that shook the hand, that shook the hand of John L. Sullivan!
