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- Subject: Re: NEC
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:40:18 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.221709.6694@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson) writes:
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- >
- > Well, for about 15 years (NY Connecting, ca 1920, PRR gets catenary
- > into Penn Station, ca 1935), there had to be some way to get the through
- > trains to Penn Station. Could have been thru NH power, IF (as i
- > believe, tho cannot find docs, except the employee TT reference to
- > rake off blocks near Harold) the NH shoe gear could handle overrunning
- > and underrunning third rail.
- > OR
- > They could have changed to DD1/L5 "somewhere", probably around
- > Harold (Unlikely to actually enter Sunnyside, per se, thats off to
- > one side.)
- > My uncertainty is about what the NH did before the wires went up.
- >
- I share your "uncertainty". i have a couple of ETTs from the late 20s.
- If I get a chance in the next several days, I'll see if I can find
- any enlightenment in them.
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