AUTOMATED BLACK MESA IS FIRST 50 KV RAILWAY

Apart from its primary interest as the longest fully-automated freight railway, the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad in Arizona is the first line in the world to be electrified at 50 kV 60 Hz. This voltage has been adopted so that the 78-mile line can be fed from a single substation at one end, with consequent savings in installation and maintenance costs. Additionally the line is a prototype for 50 kV electrification schemes now being considered by a number of North American railways.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-18
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train operation; Railroad electrification
• Identifier Terms: Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046342
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1974 12:00AM