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Friday, January 05, 2018 The car that saved Toronto’s streetcars |
Great posting Dave…I remember it well. How time flies, I still consider them new! Now they are talking preservation. Good grief.
Testing was done on the Chemin de fer Orbe-Chavornay because it was the only DC (750V) standard gauge line in Switzerland with normal overhead (the Uetliberg line of the Sihltahl-Zuerich-Uetliberg has offset 1200VDC catenary due to sharing of Bhf Selnau with the 15KV AC Sihltal line). At the time the OC had a mix of steel and wooden passenger equipment.
There are a good number of meter-gauge 750V DC lines with normal overhead.
True. The “normal” private (non-SBB) railways are either standard gauge 15Kv 16 2/3 hz AC or meter-gauge 600-750 VDC. The Rhaetian Railways (RhB) have both 11KV AC and 1000 VDC stretches. The OC was simply the only standard gauge DC line with normal overhead. Even at that the wheels had to be narrowed from the Toronto gauge.