Re: SF Muni and light rail
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 04-16-2015 - 22:24

>One benefit of the reconstruction of the Muni's Market Street line into the F line was improvement of the power systems.

The MunRy's overhead system was beefed up twice that I know of. The first time was in the late 1940s/early 1950s for the PCCs because they wouldn't run during the rush hour out at the ends of lines line the L because trolley voltage would occasionally dip as low as 150 volts, too low for a PCC. It had to be done a second time for the Boeing LRVs because they had a higher minimum voltage requirement (something like 480v). Sounds like it has been done again, although I can't imagine the City and Country spending it just for the F line, unless it was for the outer end by the Warf.



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