[BC] AC Voltage Drop

[Dana Puopolo]

IIRC, back in 1965, the (then) MTA had their own power plants all over-and
there was talk of shutting them down and buying power from Edison. Then we had
the blackout and all that went by the wayside over night.

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: 06:04 AM PDT, 06/30/2009
From: RichardBJohnson at comcast.net

Rich,
Ever driven past the gigantic power plant off Broadway (route 99) in
Charlestown,  off the route-16 circle? That's where Boston gets its
"essential" power and it's all AC, converted to DC for the subways at various
"power stations" throughout the city. 
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>

------ 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