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Re: Other Questions on 16th Street Station, Oakland
Author: Ghost of VS
Date: 04-25-2010 - 18:21
SPKid Wrote:
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> If the IER was a 1200 volt system, and the Key
> System 600 volts, how did that work over the bay
> bridge?
SPKid-- You really don't want to know !!
But seriously, think of this.. You had THREE railroad companies sharing the Bay Bridge right-of-way... The "Key System" (600 volts); the "SP--IER" (1200 volts) and the "Sacramento Northern" (600--1200--1500 volts)
I'll let you figure out the rest for yourself. But I will state that once OFF of the Bridge property, the "Sacramento Northern" shared Key System trackage at 600 volts as far as the section insulator at 42nd Street and Shafter Avenue. OK- your call !
G
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> If the IER was a 1200 volt system, and the Key
> System 600 volts, how did that work over the bay
> bridge?
SPKid-- You really don't want to know !!
But seriously, think of this.. You had THREE railroad companies sharing the Bay Bridge right-of-way... The "Key System" (600 volts); the "SP--IER" (1200 volts) and the "Sacramento Northern" (600--1200--1500 volts)
I'll let you figure out the rest for yourself. But I will state that once OFF of the Bridge property, the "Sacramento Northern" shared Key System trackage at 600 volts as far as the section insulator at 42nd Street and Shafter Avenue. OK- your call !
G
