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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: NEC
- Message-ID: <38731@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:07:15 GMT
- References: <1jjf1oINN8vf@iraul1.ira.uka.de> <16B5CF000.M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <16B5CF000.M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org> M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org writes:
- >
- > >2. Which electric system do they use? (AC/DC, voltage, frequency)
- > >
- > AC. 11,000 volts I believe. 60 hz?
-
- Still 25 Hz on some legs apparently.
-
-
- > 6.) Philadelphia - Wilmington - Newark (DE). Electric multiple-unit
- > trains operated by SEPTA. Most service runs between Philadelphia and
- > Wilmington (see comment above regarding "Center City"). I believe
- > that a few rush hour trains are extended to Newark but this may not
- > yet have begun. There used to be additional service between Chester
- > and Philadelphia, and I think there still is.
-
- Depending on funding not all trains make it into Wilmington (Delaware), with
- the last stop being Chester or Marcus Hook. Not sure of the latest status of
- this or the Newark extension (~15 miles/two local station beyond Wilmington)
-
- > 7.) Other Philadelphia area stuff. You can't get out of 30th Street
- > Station without using the Corridor for at least a short distance.
- > In addition to the Amtrak local service to Harrisburg that I already
- > mentioned, SEPTA runs trains (multiple unit electrics) to several
- > other destinations (Paoli, Chestnut Hill West, Philadelphia Inter-
- > national Airport, Media) that start their trip from 30th Street on the
- > Corridor for at least a few yards! Also, New Jersey Transit is
- > supposedly going to start soon running local service between Atlantic
- > City and 30th Street.
-
- Not exactly true - The NEC runs "through" the basement concourse, while the
- commuter lines run crosswise through the upper level. I don't know the exact
- routing off all the commuter lines into the station, but some, at least the
- Paoli Local don't (obviously) tread on the corridor.
-
- Quite a little document you posted there!
-
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