[BC] AC Voltage Drop

[Rich Wood]

------ At 01:04 PM 6/29/2009, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote: -------

>There several power stations converting normal AC utility power to 
>600 volts DC for the subway and a few DC elevators remaining.

Hmm. During the1965 blackout only the subway, trolleys and trackless 
trolleys were running. I was told Boston was the only city where the 
transit system had its own power plants.

Rich