Re: (erielack) Electrification, was: Another reason for low-prof ile horns

["Tim Stuy" <njmidland_@_verizon.net>]

When we ran the ski trains from Hoboken to Vernon in the late 1980's the
train had the NYS&W's dome car in the consist.  NJTransit required us to
keep people out of the upper level of the dome until after we were on the
ex-Erie and no longer under the DL&W cantenary.

Tim

On 8/29/06, Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <paultup_@_lucent.com> wrote:
>
> > I once asked Ben Friedland how much clearance was requiree under
> > catenary.  At the time, we were riding one of the M&E's Alco C624's
> > from Morristown to Dover to pick up coaches from NJT for an
> > excursion.  It looked like we had about two feet of clearance under
> > the 25kv wire.
> >
> > Ben said he needed about eight inches of clearance under the wire on
> > a clear day, but possibly more in wet weather.  Before buying the
> > M&E, Ben had operated an electrical supply company and was trained as
> > an electrical engineer, so I figured he knew what he was talking
> > about.
>
>
> Speaking from experience, I've been lucky enough to have the opportunity
> to ride in and out of Hoboken in the cupola of a restored wooden D&H
> caboose, probably as high off the rails as a "civilian" can get. I did note
> with some trepidation that we were awfully close to the catenary, and would
> occasionally hear an ominous hum (could have been my imagination though).
> But what I *didn't* imagine was when my arm occasionally brushed against a
> metal L-bracket between the armrest and the cupola wall, and I got a
> surprisingly powerful "zap." For a while I thought it was my imagination,
> but after a while I began to realize that I was getting zapped by a charge
> transmitted by induction.
>
> Now, this was on 25kv AC power - would 3kv DC power (in DL&W/EL days) have
> had the same effect?
>
>         - Paul
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