FYI as long as I had the candle lit in the scanner [:O]
NYC_motor_R2 by Edmund, on Flickr
NYC_motor_P1a by Edmund, on Flickr
Interesting that the pantographs of the P-1a’s were retained several years (at GE Erie?) since they went through there in 1953. Does anyone know what the cause of the fire was that destroyed CUT No. 220 in Nov. 1952 shortly before the end of electric service in Cleveland?
Here they are awaiting conversion to third rail:
CUT_P1a_Erie by Edmund, on Flickr
An interior arrangement of equipment:
P-1a_General Apparatus by Edmund, on Flickr
Wiring arrangement (note 3000 volt foot warmers!) powered right off the pantographs (down-stream of R1 & R2, anyway).
P-1a_General Connection by Edmund, on Flickr
— and new at Erie before delivery to Cleveland.
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