NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TASK 204: ELECTRIC MULTIPLE-UNIT CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE CONVERSION FOR DUAL-VOLTAGE, DUAL-FREQUENCY OPERATION

The report covers engineering requirements of converting electric MU cars and locomotives operating on the Northeast Corridor for dual-voltage, dual-frequency operation during and after rehabilitation of the electrification system for 25 kV, 60 Hz power. Technical considerations included compatibility of vehicles with electrified system; apparatus required on the vehicles for operation of 25 kV, 60 Hz, including pantograph, potential transformer, vacuum interrupter, high-voltage fuse, lighting arrester, primary-current transformer, main transformer and high-voltage conduit, cable, cable-support insulators, connectors, and terminator; modification of all power systems for frequency desensitivity; battery-sustained interior lighting; cab signal modifications; rehabilitation of old equipment; and testing requirements.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Klauder (Louis T.) and Associates, Philadelphia, Pa. See also report dated Oct 77, PB-272 745.
• Corporate Authors:

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Klauder (Louis T) and Associates

  Philadelphia National Bank Building
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19107

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Northeast Corridor Project Office, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 287 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cab signals; Cables; Circuit breakers; Dual powered locomotives; Electric locomotives; Electric multiple unit cars; Electric power conditioning; Pantographs; Railroad electrification; Transformers; Voltage regulation
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Dual voltage locomotives
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175539
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/NECPO-78/7 Final Rpt., F204-47
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-76048
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2003 12:00AM