Re: It's not SMART & it's not IER (more photos from Ray L)
Author: Ken Shattock (KRK)
Date: 03-29-2016 - 13:51
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> There was also the Michigan United, which use
> 2,400v third rail (although not for very long).
How about this hotsy-totsy rail :
In Germany during the early Third Reich, a railway system with three-metre gauge width was planned. For this Breitspurbahn railway system, electrification with a voltage of 100 KV taken from a third rail was considered, in order to avoid destruction of overhead wires by anti-aircraft guns. However, such a power system would not have worked as it is not possible to insulate a third rail for such high voltages in close proximity of the rails. The whole project did not progress any further owing to the onset of World War II.
KRK