[BC] 110 V DC

[Robert Meuser]

It is not metro north it is Amtrak. They had to build special tracks for 
the Acela as well as adding electricity and upgrading crossings.


Rich Wood wrote:

> ------ At 02:51 PM 12/3/2006, Robert Meuser wrote: -------
>
>> The Acela which is definitely electric goes to Boston with stops in 
>> Stamford, New Haven, Providence, and Boston.  That line was upgraded 
>> 6 or 7 years ago.
>
>
> I remember the upgrade. I'm told there are several Boston-New York 
> trains that don't change engines to join with Springfield-Vermont 
> trains. What did Metro-North do adjust? Or did they have to? Come to 
> think of it doesn't Metro-North use a third rail which is why they 
> can't go beyond New Haven? As I look back on it I seem to recall 
> Jersey Transit as the only commuter line that used overhead power. I 
> remember thunderstorms regularly shutting Jersey Transit down between 
> Penn-NY and Penn-Newark.
>
> When I worked for IDT, Newark, thunderstorms were almost guaranteed at 
> rush hour. One big lightning strike and the lines were down.
>