Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system that runs between Boston and New Haven, which is known as the Northend Electrification system. In 1976, Amtrak inherited...
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Amtrak’s 60 Hz traction power system operates along the Northeast Corridor between New Haven, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts. This system was...
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distance between substations on a 12 kV 25 Hz system. Railway electrification system Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system Kneschke et al. (1995). Kneschke et...
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25 Hz Power Transmission System may refer to: Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system SEPTA's 25 Hz traction power system This disambiguation page lists articles...
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and Harrisburg, PA running with single phase 25 Hz AC, see also Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system) South Africa Melbourne, Australia (dedicated high...
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rail portal Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system Conduit current collection Current collector Ground level power supply List of tram systems by gauge and...
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EuroSprinter (category 25 kV AC locomotives)
voltages used in the northeast U.S. (Amtrak's 25 Hz Traction Power System, Amtrak's 60 Hz Traction Power System & Electrification of the New York, New...
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standard utility frequency (typically 50 or 60 Hz), which simplifies traction substations. The development of 25 kV AC electrification is closely connected...
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Safe Harbor Dam (redirect from Safe Harbor Water and Power Corporation)
Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system, and the facility also has a frequency converter available for conversion of power between 25 Hz and the 60 Hz used...
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Northeast Corridor (redirect from Amtrak Northeast Corridor)
supplies 12.5 kV at 60 Hz. From Mill River to Boston, the much newer 60 Hz traction power system supplies 25 kV at 60 Hz. All of Amtrak's electric locomotives...
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Utility frequency (redirect from Power system stability)
Amtrak and SEPTA's traction power systems in the United States. Other AC railway systems are energized at the local commercial power frequency, 50 Hz...
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Single-phase generator (category AC power)
turbines are connected to two single-phase generators to supply Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system. The two turbines are of Kaplan type with 5 blades rated...
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Bombardier–Alstom HHP-8 (category 25 kV AC locomotives)
2002, Amtrak's fleet of 15 units was temporarily withdrawn along with the Acela Express trains due to cracks in components of the trucks. Amtrak's HHP-8s...
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Railroad Schuylkill Branch, to Glenloch are part of Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system, used to power trains on the Northeast Corridor and the Keystone...
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with 11,000-volt alternating current (AC) service. (See Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system.) The average daily traffic load in 1939 was 11,207 cars...
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Electrification of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (category Traction power networks)
changes. Amtrak's 25 Hz Traction Power System Built by PRR about two decades after New Haven's Amtrak's 60 Hz Traction Power System Amtrak's system east of...
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SEPTA Regional Rail (redirect from SEPTA Regional Rail System)
alternating current at 12 kV with a frequency of 25 Hz. The system on the former PRR side is owned and operated by Amtrak, part of the electrification of the Northeast...
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condenser mode for reactive power support. (See Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system.) Like the New Haven, the NYCR traction power was distributed using the...
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SNCF Class CC 21000 (category 25 kV AC locomotives)
replaced with those compatible with Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system, taller pantographs, Amtrak's cab signaling system, US style couplers, a bell, and...
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Siemens ACS-64 (redirect from Amtrak ACS-64)
operate from the 25 kV 60 Hz, 12.5 kV 60 Hz, and 12 kV 25 Hz power supplies used on the Northeast Corridor, and have a maximum power of 6,400 kilowatts...
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synchronous compensator for delivering reactive power was installed (see Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system). This device was later removed. Between 1999...
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substations. Since M8 rolling stock cannot operate under Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system between Gate Interlocking and just east of Harold Interlocking...
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miles (210 to 230 km) of 25 kV 60 Hz single-phase AC overhead contact lines and ten new power stations (two traction power stations, a switching station...
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Norristown and Philadelphia. These are part of Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system, and supply power for both the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line...
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Pulse code cab signaling (redirect from Cab Signaling System)
50 Hz where 3 kV DC electric traction or no electric traction is used, and 25 Hz (or sometimes 75 Hz - an old standard) on lines with 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric...
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GE E60 (category 25 kV AC locomotives)
Northeast Corridor the Amtrak units could operate at three different voltages: 11 kV 25 Hz AC, 12.5 kV 60 Hz AC, and 25 kV 60 Hz. The wheels had a more...
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Acela (redirect from Acela Express (Amtrak))
(/əˈsɛlə/ ə-SEL-ə; originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in...
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Overhead line (redirect from Traction wire)
contact system (OCS), overhead equipment (OHE), overhead line equipment (OLE or OHLE), overhead lines (OHL), overhead wiring (OHW), traction wire, and...
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Railway electrification (redirect from Traction current)
electric service ran in September 1929. AC power is used at 60 Hz in North America (excluding the aforementioned 25 Hz network), Saudi Arabia, western Japan...
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European/IEC standard 230/400 V 50 Hz (originally 220/380 V 50 Hz.) This is to the same specification as the power systems used in Irish and EU domestic and...
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