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Re: Recent derailments - Metro North
Author: George Andrews
Date: 12-06-2013 - 13:59

The Little Joes were built to operate on 3300 Volts DC, while both The Milwaukee Road Electrified Districts were 3000 Volts DC. Milwaukee Road's Chief Electrical Engineer, Laurence Wylie, decided the Joes could be best utilized on the Rocky Mountain District, which in spite of its' name had a lot of flat level running for the Joes' 70 MPH top speed, as opposed to the GE Boxcab's top speed of 50 MPH. So Wylie beefed up the substations with the ex - NYC Cleveland Union Terminal M-G sets, and re-shimmed the existing M-G sets to put out a higher voltage as well.

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  Recent derailments - speculation as to cause SP5103 12-02-2013 - 10:53
  Re: Recent derailments - speculation as to cause HUTCH 7.62 12-02-2013 - 11:09
  Re: Recent derailments - speculation as to cause Earl Pitts 12-02-2013 - 11:35
  Re: Recent derailments - speculation as to cause SP5103 12-02-2013 - 12:47
  Re: Recent derailments - speculation as to cause Craig Tambo 12-02-2013 - 12:52
  Re: Recent derailments - speculation as to cause Orris 12-02-2013 - 14:13
  Re: Recent derailments - speculation as to cause Shortline Sammie 12-02-2013 - 16:53
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH Graham Buxton 12-02-2013 - 18:05
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH OPRRMS 12-02-2013 - 18:50
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH mook 12-02-2013 - 21:41
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH SP5103 12-02-2013 - 21:54
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH BOB2 12-02-2013 - 22:44
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH SP5103 12-02-2013 - 21:44
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH deano 12-02-2013 - 22:56
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH Mark 12-03-2013 - 03:52
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH Bruce Butler 12-03-2013 - 08:22
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH BOB2 12-03-2013 - 08:43
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH TKL 12-03-2013 - 10:05
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North SP5103 12-03-2013 - 13:56
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North Dr Zarkoff 12-03-2013 - 21:42
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North SP5103 12-04-2013 - 11:16
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North Dr Zarkoff 12-04-2013 - 11:59
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North mook 12-04-2013 - 18:30
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North SP5103 12-05-2013 - 12:18
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North Dr Zarkoff 12-05-2013 - 12:55
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North Dr Zarkoff 12-05-2013 - 12:34
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North George Andrews 12-05-2013 - 12:59
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North Dr Zarkoff 12-05-2013 - 14:37
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North George Andrews 12-05-2013 - 20:40
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North Dr Zarkoff 12-05-2013 - 20:50
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North George Andrews 12-06-2013 - 13:59
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North fkrock 12-06-2013 - 10:00
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North mook 12-06-2013 - 18:01
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North SP5103 12-05-2013 - 12:50
  Re: Recent derailments - Metro North Dr Zarkoff 12-05-2013 - 14:06
  Re: Recent derailments - NTSB says Metro North too fast for curve 82 MPH OPRRMS 12-03-2013 - 13:53
  CNN wirestory from today's NTSB press conference OPRRMS 12-03-2013 - 17:26
  Re: CNN wirestory from today's NTSB press conference deano 12-04-2013 - 08:58
  Ricky Gates et al SP5103 12-04-2013 - 10:28
  Re: Ricky Gates et al fkrock 12-04-2013 - 11:05
  Re: Ricky Gates et al Dr Zarkoff 12-04-2013 - 11:23
  Re: Ricky Gates et al George Andrews 12-04-2013 - 12:41
  Re: Ricky Gates -- OOPS !!! George Andrews 12-04-2013 - 12:49
  Re: Ricky Gates et al OPRRMS 12-04-2013 - 12:12
  Re: Ricky Gates et al Mark 12-04-2013 - 13:47
  @ Mark, RE: ACRE OPRRMS 12-04-2013 - 14:34


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